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RECORD SOCIETY
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RELATING TO
LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE,
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TAMES CROSSLEY, F.S.A., Stocks House, Cheetham, Manchester, PRESIDENT.
WILLIAM BEAMONT, ESQ., Orford Hall, Warrington, VICE-PRESIDENT.
*. C. CHRISTIE, M.A., Chancellor of the Diocese of Manchester, Darley
House, Matlock, VICE-PRESIDENT.
AMES CROSTON, F.S.A., Upton Hall, Prestbury, Cheshire, VICE-
PRESIDENT.
.IEUT. -COLONEL FISHWICK, F.S.A., Carr Hill, Rochdale, VICE-PRESIDENT.
iEORGE LITTLE, Q.C., Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster,
Stone Buildings, LincoMs Inn, London, VICE-PRESIDENT.
V. ALEXANDER ABRAM, Blackburn.
'.OLONEL J. L. CHESTER, LL.D., 124, Southwark Park Road, London, S.E.
r. E. COKAYNE, M.A., F.S.A., Lancaster Herald, Heralds' College, London.
[ENRY H. HOWORTH, F.S.A., Derby House, Eccles, near Manchester.
'HOMAS HUGHES, F.S.A., The Groves, Chester.
J. PAUL RYLANDS, F.S.A., Highfields, Thelwall, near Warrington.
lion. J*»fcrrtarp.
J. P. EARWAKER, M.A., F.S.A., Withington, near Manchester.
"he following are the chief Classes of Original Docu-
ments proposed to be transcribed and published by
the Society.
(i.) INQUISITIONES POST MORTEM.
(2.) WILLS AND INVENTORIES (from Chester, Lichfield, Rich-
mond, York, and London).
(3.) SUBSIDY ROLLS (both Lay and Clerical for both Counties).
i PROSPECTUS.
(4.) MANOR COURT ROLLS AND GUILD ROLLS.
(5.) FAMILY DEEDS AND PAPERS.
(6.) RECORDS OF THE DUCHY COURT OF LANCASTER.
(7.) CHESHIRE PLEA ROLLS AND RECOGNIZANCE ROLLS.
(8.) CLERICAL RECORDS.
(a) Presentations to Lancashire and Cheshire Churches,
Abbeys, Priories, and Convents, from the Episcopal
Registers at Lichfield, A.D. 1300 to 1540.
(b) Presentations to Lancashire and Cheshire Churches,
from the Episcopal Registers at Chester, A.D. 1540
to the present time.
(c) Compositions for First Fruits, from the Record Office,
London.
(9.) MARRIAGE LICENCES AND BONDS.
(10.) PARISH REGISTERS.
(n.) EARLY CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS.
(12.) MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS OF LOCAL INTEREST, such as
State Papers, Royalist Composition Papers, &c. &c.
PROSPECTUS.
THE great importance of Original Records in the elucidation of the
history of any district is every day becoming more widely known
and more generally appreciated. Two difficulties, however, stand
in the way of their being as much used as they otherwise would
be — firstly, the difficulty of access by those whose time for research
is limited ; and, secondly, the great cost of having them transcribed.
It is to obviate these difficulties, so far as regards the two counties
of Lancaster and Chester, that this Society has been founded ; and
it is to be hoped that by its means Records heretofore but little
known and rarely if ever consulted will be placed within the reach
of every reader who may desire to examine them.
The Original Records the Society proposes to print are classified
in the above list, and it will be seen, that whilst they range over
a wide area they are all of much interest to those who care for
county and family history. The Inquisitions post mortem comprised
PROSPECTUS. lil
in Class I. are the most valuable documents for topographical and
genealogical purposes that the historian can use. They were taken
after the death of the landed proprietors before the Escheator of
the county and a local jury (whose names are always given).
Besides showing the various lands held by the deceased, and the
name and age of his son and heir or next of kin, they very fre-
quently contain abstracts of family settlements and deeds. The
Society hopes to be able, in the course of time, to print full
abstracts in English of all the Inquisitiones post mortem relating to
Lancashire and Cheshire (in number about 4,000), the great value
and importance of which cannot be over-estimated.
There is little need to enlarge on the interest that attaches to
Wills and Inventories; their value is so universally appreciated, and
their interesting character so well known, that the volumes which
the Society proposes to print will be sure to find a ready welcome.
The Subsidy Rolls are a class of Records which have been very
little used, but which contain the names and places of abode of
those who in the i4th, i5th, i6th, and i7th centuries were taxed
for the king's subsidies, in order to enable him to carry on his wars
and to administer the affairs of his kingdom. These rolls give the
names of the chief inhabitants throughout the two counties for a
long series of years, of which, in many cases, there is no other
information.
The other classes of original documents which the Society pro-
poses to have transcribed are all highly illustrative of Local
History, and there can be no doubt of the advisability of having
them printed.
Great interest is felt at the present time in Parish Registers, and
the Society hopes to be able to make arrangements for the printing
in full of several of the earlier and more important ones. By
printing the entries exactly as they stand, much valuable information
relating to Local Families will be brought to light.
Each Volume will be, as far as possible, complete in itself, and
will be fully indexed.
An Introductory Preface will be written by the Editor of each
Volume, and occasional brief notes will be appended at his dis-
cretion. It is, however, not proposed to annotate the text to any
great extent.
Two Volumes will be issued, if possible, each year. No copies
will be sold to Non-members, except at a greatly increased price.
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RULES.
i.— THAT the Society shall be called the RECORD SOCIETY, and
shall have for its object the transcribing and publishing of Original
Documents relating to the counties of Lancaster and Chester.
2. — That the affairs of the Society shall be governed by a Council,
consisting of a President and twelve Members, the former of whom
shall be annually elected by the Council.
3. — That three Members of the Council shall form a quorum.
4. — That the subscription of Members of the Society shall be
£1. is. per annum, which shall entitle them to the publications for
the year.
5.— That the subscriptions shall be due on the 3oth of June in
each year, and that no work shall be issued to any Member whose
subscription is in arrear.
6. — That an Annual Meeting of the Society shall be held in the
month of July, of which due notice shall be sent to all the Mem-
bers. At this meeting a Report of the work of the Society, with a
Statement of the Income and Expenditure, shall be presented.
These shall be annually published, together with a List of Members
and the Rules of the Society.
7. — That so long as the funds of the Society permit, two volumes
at least shall be issued to the Members in each year.
8.— That no copies of the publications of the Society shall be
sold to non-members, except at an increased price to be fixed by
the Council.
9- — That no payment shall be made to any person for editing
any work for the Society, but that the Editor of each volume shall
be entitled to twenty copies of the work so edited by him.
10. — That the Treasurer's accounts shall be audited by two Mem-
bers of the Society, who shall be elected at the Annual Meeting.
ii. — No alteration shall be made in any of the above Rules
except at the Annual General Meeting. Notice of any proposed
alteration* must be sent to the Secretary a month before such
General Meeting.
12.— That a Meeting of the Council of the Society shall be
called by the Secretary at least once in every three months.
The Annual Subscription of £*. is., entitling the Members to all
the Volumes issued for that year, may be paid to the Hon. Treasurer,
or to the credit of the Society at their Bankers, the Manchester and
Liverpool District Banking Company, at any of their branches.
LIST OF MEMBERS
to JUNE 30th, 1879.
ABRAM, W. Alexander, Esq., Alma Street, Blackburn
ANDREW, Frank, Esq., Apsley Place, Ashton-under-Lyne
ANTIQUARIES, The Society of, Burlington House, London
ARMYTAGE, Geo. J., F.S.A., Clifton-Woodhead, Brighouse
ASHTON, T. Gair, Esq., Ford Bank, Didsbury
ASHWORTH, John James, Esq., Clifton House, Great Lever, Bolton
ASHWORTH, William, Esq., 18, Plantation Street, Accrington
BAILEY, Rev. James, Clergy House, Wigan
BAILEY, J. Eglington, F.S.A., Egerton Villa, Stretford, Manchester
BARBER, Fairless, F.S.A., Castle Hill, Rastrick, Brighouse
BARDSLEY, Rev. Charles W., M.A., The Vicarage, Ulverstone
BARTON, Richard, Esq., West Leigh Lodge, Leigh
BATES, Rev. J. Chadwick, M.A., Castleton Vicarage, Manchester
BAZLEY, Sir Thomas, Bart., M.P., Eyford Park, Stow-on-the-Wold.
BEAMONT, William, Esq., Orford Hall, Warrington
BEARD, James, Esq., The Grange, Levenshulme, Manchester
BEEDHAM, B. H., Esq., Ashfield House, Kimbolton
BIRCH, Herbert, Esq., The Vicarage, Blackburn
BIRLEY, J. Shepherd, Esq., Moss Lea, Bolton-le-Moors
BOLTON, John, Esq., Southfield, Blackburn
BONE, John W., F.S.A., 26, Bedford Place, Russell Square, London
BOOLS, William Edward, Esq., 7, Cornhill, London
BOSTOCK, Robert Chignell, Esq., 22, Loughborough Road, Brixton
BOULT, Joseph, Esq., Exchange Buildings, Liverpool
BOYLE, Edmund Montagu, Esq., 14, Hill Street, Berkeley Square, London
BRIDGEMAN, The Hon. and Rev. Canon, Wigan Hall, Wigan
BROOKE, Thomas, F.S.A., Armitage Bridge, Huddersfield
BROWN, Rev. R. Holgate, M.A., The Vicarage, High Lane, Stockport
BUCKLEY, Rev. Joseph, M.A., Sopworth Rectory, Chippenham
BURKE, Sir Bernard, C.B., LL.D,, Ulster King of Arms, The Castle, Dublin.
BURTON, J. H., Esq., 5, Trafalgar Square, Ashton-under-Lyne
CARR, James, Esq., Langroyd, Colne
CHADWICK, David, ,M. P., 2, Moorgate Street, London
CHALLINOR, Ralph, Esq., 35, Deansgate, Bolton
CHESTER, Colonel J. L., LL.D., 124, Southwark Park Road, London, S.E.
CHESTER, The Right Rev. the Bishop of, Dee Side, Chester
CHORLTON, Thomas, Esq., 32, Brazennose Street, Manchester
CHRISTIE, The Worshipful R.C., M.A., Chancellor of the Diocese of Manchester,
Darley House, Matlock
CLARKSON, M., Esq., 15, West Forty-fifth Street, New York, U.S.A.
CLOSE, Thomas, F.S.A., Nottingham
COKAYNE, G. E., M.A., F.S.A., Lancaster Herald, College of Arms, London
COLEMAN, James, Esq., 9, Tottenham Terrace, White Hart Lane, Tottenham
London
COLLY, Thomas D., M.D., Newton, Chester
COOPER, Thomas, Esq., Mossley House, Congleton
COTTAM, Samuel, F.R.A.S., Wightwick House, Manchester
COURTOWN, The Earl of, 71, Eaton Square, London
COWIE, The Very Rev. Dean, F.S.A., The Deanery, Manchester
COXE, Rev. H. O., M.A., Bodleian Library, Oxford
CREEKE, Major A. B., Monkholme, Burnley
CROSSLEY, Geo. F., Esq., Birch Tree Bank, Prestwich
CROSSLEY, James, F.S.A., Stocks House, Cheetham, Manchester
CROSTON, James, F.S.A., Upton Hall, Prestbury, Macclesfield
Vi LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.
DAMES, R. S. Longworth, Esq., 32, Upper Mount Street, Dublin
DANA, B., Esq., Berkeley Street, Boston, U.S.A.
DANSON, J. T., F.S.A., Green Fields, Little Sutton, Chester
DAVENPORT, Rev. Geo. H., M.A., Foxley, Hereford
DEAN, John Ward, Esq., 18, Somerset Street, Boston, U.S.A.
DENHAM, Edward, Esq., New Bedford, Bristol, Co. Mass., U.S.A.
DERBY, The Earl of, K.G., Knowsley, Prescot
DEVONSHIRE, The Duke of, K.G., F.S.A., Devonshire House, London
DIXON, George, Esq., Astle Hall, Chelford, Cheshire
DIXON, James, Esq., 66, Chapel Street, Ormskirk
DUCKETT, Sir George, Bart., Oxford and Cambridge Club, London
EARWAKER, J. P., M.A., F.S.A., Withington, Manchester
EASTWOOD, J. Adam, Esq., 49, Princess Street, Manchester
ELWES, Dudley G. Gary, F.S.A., 5, The Crescent, Bedford
EVANS, John, Esq., 17, Brazennose Street, Manchester
FFARINGTON, Miss, Worden, Preston
FFARINGTON, R. Atherton, Esq., Mariebonne, Wigan
FFOULKES, Win. Wynne, M.A., Old Northgate House, Chester
FIELDEN, Joshua, M.P., F.S.A., Nutfield Priory, Redhill, Surrey
FISHER, Rev. George, Hornby, Lancaster
FISHWICK, Lieut-Col., F.S.A., Carr Hill, Rochdale
FLETCHER, J. S., Esq., Treherne House, West Hampstead, London
GARNETT, W., Esq., High Sheriff of Lancashire, Quernmore Park, Lancaster
GIBSON, James, Esq., Salem, New York, U.S.A.
GILLOW, Joseph, Esq., Fallowfield, Manchester
GOWER, Granville Leveson, M.A., F.S.A., Titsey Place, Limpsfield, Surrey
GRANTHAM, John, Esq., 2, Rothsay Place, Old Trafford
GRATRIX, Samuel, Esq., West Point, Whalley Range, Manchester
GREENHALGH, J. D., Esq., 66, Radcliffe Road, Bolton
GROSART, Rev. A., LL.D., Park View, Blackburn
GRUNDY, Alfred, Esq., Whitefield, Manchester
HALL, Hugh F., Esq., Greenheys, Wallasey
HALL, James, Esq., Willaston Board School, Nantwich
HALL, John, Esq., The Grange, Hale, Cheshire
HAMILTON, M., Esq., York Street, Cheetham, Manchester
HARG REAVES, John, Esq., Ravenswood, Rock Ferry, Liverpool
HARLOW, R. Dumville, Esq., Heaton Norris, Stockport
HARRISON, Wm., F.S.A., Samlesbury Hall, Preston
HAWORTH-BOOTH, Lieut. -Colonel, Derwent Bank, Malton
HEALEY, C. E. H. Chadwyck, Esq., 7, New Square, Lincoln's Inn, London
HEAPE, R. Taylor, Esq., Highfield, Rochdale
HEGINBOTHAM, Henry, Esq., J.P., Millgate House, Stockport
HELSBY, Thomas, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, London
HERFORD, Edward, Esq., J.P., Westbank, Macclesfield
HERFORD, Rev. Percy M., Gatley, Cheadle, Manchester
HIRST, John, Esq., Ladcastle, Dobcross, Saddleworth
HOLDEN, Adam, Esq., Church Street, Liverpool
HOLDEN, Colonel, 29, Queen's Gate Terrace, London
HOLLAND, Edgar S., Esq., 10, Cook Street, Liverpool
HOVENDEN, R., Esq., Park Hill Road, Croydon
HOWORTH, David F., Esq., Stamford Terrace, Ashton-under-Lyne
HOWORTH, Henry H., F.S.A., Derby House, Eccles
HUGHES, Thomas, F.S.A., Chester
JACKSON, Henry B., Esq., Basford House, Whalley Range
JACKSON, Miss, Pownall Hall, Wilmslow
JOHNSON JH., Esq., 73, Albert Road, Southport
IDAN, J. Joseph, Esq., n, Seedley Mount, Pendleton
KNOWLES, George, Esq., Tudor House, Heaton, Bolton-le-Moors
LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.
Vll
LANGTON, Wm., Esq., Docklands, Ingatestone, Essex
LAW, Wm., Esq., Honoresfeld, Littleboro'
LAWRENCE, Christian W., Esq., Manor House, Sevenhampton, Andoversford
LEE, Rev. M. H., M.A., Hanmer, Whitchurch, Salop
LEES, Samuel, Esq., Park Bridge, Ashton-under-Lyne
LEGH, Lieut. -Colonel Cornwall, High Legh, Cheshire
LEIGH, John, Esq., Whalley Range, Manchester
LEYLAND, John, Esq., The Grange, Hindley, Wigan
LIBRARY, The Athenaeum, Liverpool
Chetham, Manchester
Equitable Pioneers', Rochdale
Free, Southport
,, Wigan
Free Public, Blackburn
Boston, U.S.A.
Chester
Liverpool
Manchester
Rochdale
Stockport
Guildhall, London
Museum and, Warrington
Portico, Manchester
Public, Bolton le-Moors
,, Leeds
Royal Free, Peel Park, Salford
LITTLE, The Worshipful, George, Q.C., Vice- Chancellor of the County Palatine
of Lancaster, Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, London
LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
LLOYD, Thos. W., Esq., Somerby Hall, Northallerton
LYONS, Rev. Ponsonby A., B.A., 30, Prince's Terrace, Regent's Park, London
MACDONA, Rev. J. Gumming, M.A., The Rectory, Cheadle, Cheshire
McDoNAGH, John, Esq., 63, Great Percy Street, Pentonville, London
MARSDEN, The Rev. Canon, Great Oakley, Harwich, Essex
MARSHALL, G. W., LL.D, F.S.A., 60, Onslow Gardens, London
MELLOR, J. W., Esq., Manchester Road, Rochdale
MILKER, George, Esq., The Glen, Moston, Manchester
MONK, R. B. M. Lingard, Esq., Fulshaw Hall, Wilmslow, Cheshire
MORRIS, Claude, J., Esq., The Mount, Altrincham
MOSER, G. E., Esq., Kendal
MOSLEY, Sir Tonman, Bart., Rolleston Hall, Burton-on-Trent
NICHOLSON, E. J., Esq., Grappenhall, Warrington
NODAL, J. H., Esq., The Grange, Heaton Moor, Stockport
O'REILLY, John, Esq., 35, Livesey Street, Manchester
PARR, J. Charlton, Esq., Grappenhall Heyes, Warrington
PARR, Thomas W., Esq., The Grove, Cossington, Loughborough
PEACOCK, Richard, Esq., Gorton Hall, Gorton
PEARSE, Percival, Esq., Sankey Street, Warrington
PEEL, Jonathan, Esq., Knowlmere Manor, Clitherae
PEN FOLD, Hugh, Esq., Rustington, Littlehampton
PINK, W. Buncombe, Esq., Leigh, Lancashire
PRICE, F. Compton, Esq., 86, Leighton Road, London
QUARITCH, Bernard, Esq., Piccadilly, London
RAINES, J. R., Esq., Burton Pidsea, Hull
REDHEAD, R. Milne, Esq., Springfield, Seedley, Manchester
REYNOLDS, Rev. G. W., M.A., St. Mark's Rectory, Cheetham Hill, Manchester
RIDGWAY, Lieut. -Colonel, Sheplegh Court, Blackwater, Devon
RIDGWAY, Thomas J., Esq., Wildersmoor House, Lymm
Vili LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.
RIGBY, Samuel, Esq., Bruche Hall, Warrington
RIGG, G. Wilson, Esq., 145, Plymouth Grove, Manchester
ROBINSON, Arthur]., Esq., Mayfield, Blackburn
ROPER, William O., Esq., Southfield, Lancaster
ROSE, Josiah, Esq., Leigh, Lancashire
ROWE, Charles, Esq., 5, Fishergate Hill, Preston
ROYDS, C. M., Esq., Green Hill, Rochdale
ROYDS, E. A. N., Esq., Brownhill, Rochdade
ROYDS, Ernest E. M., Esq., Leehurst, Rochdale
RYLANDS, J. Paul, F.S.A., Highfields, Thelwall, Warrington
RYLANDS, Peter, M.P., Massey Hall, Thelwall, Warrington
RYLANDS, T. Glazebrook, F.S.A., F.L.S., F.R.A.S., Highfields, Thelwall
RYLANDS, W. Harry, M.R.A.S., 51, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, London
SANDBACH, John E., Esq., Shaw Holme, Withington, Manchester
SHARP, John, Esq., The Hermitage, Lancaster
SIDEBOTHAM, Joseph, F.S.A., The Beeches, Bowdon, Cheshire
SMITH, J. C. C., Esq., Probate Registry, Somerset House, London
SMITH, Rev. J. Finch, Aldridge Rectory, Walsall
STANNING, Rev. J. H., M.A., The Vicarage, Leigh, Lancashire
STEPHENSON, Henry, Esq., 14, Bury Road, Haslingden
STEVENSON, Geo. W., Esq., 50, Prestbury Road, Macclesfield
STRANGEWAYS, W. N., Esq., 35, Greek Street, Stockport
SYKES, Thomas H., Esq., Cringle House, Cheadle
TATTON, Thomas William, Esq. , Wythenshawe, Northenden, Cheshire
TAYLOR, Henry, Esq., 8, John Dalton Street, Manchester
TAYLOR, Henry, Esq., Curzon Park, Chester
TAYLOR, Rev. James, M.A., Whicham Rectory, Sylecroft-by-Camforth
THOMPSON, Joseph, Esq., J.P., Wilmslow Park, Wilmslow
THOMSON, J. Robertson, Esq., 17, Upper Dicconson Street, Wigan
THORNELY, John, Esq., Flowery Field, Hyde
THORP, Robert, Esq., J.P., Rainow, Macclesfield
TONGE, The Rev. Canon, Aucklands, Fallowfield, Manchester
TOULMIN, George, Esq., Avenham Colonnade, Preston
TOULMIN, George, Esq., 127, Fishergate, Preston
TUCKER, Stephen, Esq., Rouge Croix Pursuivant, College of Arms, London
TURNER, John, Esq., Woodville, Lytham
TURNER, Wm. Alfred, Esq., The Laurels, Pendleton
VAWDREY, B. Llewellynn, Esq., J.P., Tushingham Hall, Whitchurch
VINCENT, John A. C., Esq., 136, Southampton Row, Russell Square, London
WALMSLEY, F. H., Esq., Higher Broughton, Salford
WARBURTON, John, Esq., Fairlee Villas, Fallowfield, Manchester
WARBURTON, R. E. Egerton, Esq., Arley Hall, North wich
WARE, T. Hibbert, Esq., Bell Place, Stamford Road, Bowdon
WELDON, W. H., Esq., Rouge Dragon Pursuivant, College of Arms, London
WESTMINSTER, The Duke of, K.G., Eaton, Chester
WESTON, John, Esq., Northwich, Cheshire
WHITE, George, Esq., Epsom, Surrey
WHITEHEAD, John, Esq., Field View, Rochdale
WHITELEGGE Rev. Canon, Farnsfield Vicarage, Southfield, Notts.
WHITMORE, W. H., Esq., 18, Somerset Street, Boston, U.S.A.
\\ ILKINSON, James, junr., Esq., Brookfield, Stalybridge
WILKINSON, William, Esq., Middlewood, Clitheroe
W™N> ™C' ES&' Langle? House' Prestwich
W N f*v^T^S H'^ ESt?" "2> Raddiffe Road' Hai%h> Bolton
WOOD R'H"F^A 'pHarl°W^n-the-Hi11' Midd^«
VVOOD, R. H., F.S.A., Penrhos House, Rugby
• Pmpt°n Hal1' Hey^od, Manchester
REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1878-9.
IN presenting the first Annual Report of the Society, the
Council have much pleasure in congratulating the Members
upon the success which has attended its formation. The
names of 225 Members have already been received, and it is
confidently hoped that with a little exertion on the part of
the present Members this list may be increased to 350 or
400, a number which will enable the Council to print more
Volumes in each year, and to have more Records examined
and copied.
Whilst apologising for the delay that has occurred in issu-
ing the first volume of the Society's publications, the Council
trust that it will not occur in the future, and that each year's
volumes will be delivered in that year. The first volume for
the year 1878-9 is now ready, and the second will, if possible,
be published by the end of the year ; the third volume — the
first for 1 879-80 — is already partly printed.
As their first volume, the Council selected to print the
Surveys of the Churches in Lancashire and Cheshire made
in the years 1649 to 1655. The general contents of the
volume are shown by the title : —
LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS,
1649 — 1655. In two parts —
Part I. Parochial Surveys of Lancashire.
Part IL Surveys of the Lands, &c., of the Bishop
and Dean and Chapter of Chester, and of the Warden
and Fellows of the Collegiate Church of Manchester.
Now first printed from the original MSS. in the Record
Office and in the Lambeth Palace Library. Edited by
Lieut-Col. Henry Fishwick, F.S.A.
X REPORT OF THE SOCIETY.
The information given in this volume is of an unusually
interesting character, for with apparently only one exception
there is not a parish or township in Lancashire which is not
referred to and of which an account more or less full is not
given. By virtue of an Act of Parliament passed on the
8th of June, 1649, entitled "An Act for the Providing, Main-
tenance of preaching Ministers, and other pious uses," Com-
missioners were appointed in each county to report upon
the state of each parish, and to forward their reports to
London.
The subjects upon which they were to collect information
were as follows : — " The number of parsonages, vicarages,
churches, chapels, or other ecclesiastical benefices ; the yearly
value of each of them ; the name of the incumbent, pro-
prietor, or possessor ; the name of the person who supplied
the cure, and what his salary was ; the number of chapels
belonging to each parish church, and their situation ; what
chapels it was advisable to detach from their parish churches
and annex to other parishes ; and where it was needful to
erect new churches and divide parishes."
The Lancashire Commission is dated March 29, 1650,
and the first meeting was held at Manchester on June I9th
following. The Inquisition or inquiry was taken before a
local Jury of men of good standing and position, whose names
are given, and before whom witnesses were brought and
examined. The Lancashire Commissioners, who were twenty-
five in number, held altogether sixteen Inquisitions, three
of which were taken at Manchester, six at Wigan, three at
Lancaster, three at Preston, and one at Blackburn. The
High Sheriff of the County was authorized to cause "honest
and lawfull men" to appear before them, "by whom the
truth may be best known and inquired of."
As the Editor remarks in the Introduction : " The Com-
missioners for Lancashire were men of undoubted position in
the county, as for the most part were those who were called
upon to give evidence upon oath, and their testimony as to
facts must be accepted ; but perhaps where the evidence is
given merely as a matter of opinion, some allowance should
REPORT OF THE SOCIETY. XI
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be made for, the strong party feeling existing, and the state-
ment taken cum grano salts."
The result of the Survey may be summed up as follows :
" There were in Lancashire in 1650, 63 parish churches and
118 chapels, of which no less than 38 were without minister,
chiefly for want of ' maintenance.' Many of the parishes
were very large, and the Commissioners wisely recommended
their subdivision ; whilst some of the chapels were so far
from their mother-church that it was thought desirable that
they should become parish churches. In either case the pro-
posed new boundaries were clearly defined, and, in many
instances, the names of the householders in the district are
given ; thus furnishing valuable genealogical evidence not to
be found elsewhere. The name of the minister of each
church or chapel is always recorded, and as a rule an opinion
follows as to his fitness or otherwise for the office he holds."
In the Introduction Col. Fishwick has printed in a tabular
form the complete list of all the clergy mentioned in the
return, together with lists of those who signed " the Har-
monious Consent" in 1648, and "the Agreement of the
People" in 1649.
Most unfortunately the returns for the Cheshire parishes
are not now extant, and no transcripts or extracts of them
are known. The Survey of the lands of the Bishop and
the Dean and Chapter of Chester contains much valuable
information, as all the livings in their respective gifts are
mentioned, some of which are in Wales and Yorkshire.
By the death of Canon Raines, who was one of the Vice-
Presidents, the Council has sustained a heavy loss, which it
will be very difficult to replace. His most valuable Lancashire
MSS. were bequeathed to the Chetham Library, and will be
enduring monuments of his zeal, industry, and painstaking
research. His place on the Council has been filled by the
election of William Beamont, Esq., of Warrington, an appoint-
ment which the Council feel confident will be hailed with
satisfaction by every member of the Society. The Worshipful
George Little, Q.C., Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of
Lancaster, who takes much interest in the work of the Society
Xli REPORT OF THE SOCIETY.
»
and the objects for which it was established, has also joined
the Council as a Vice-President.
The following works have been suggested to the Council
for publication, and arrangements are in progress by which
it is hoped that the majority of them may appear in the
course of a few years : —
" Inquisitions post Mortem relating to Lancashire." The
Stuart Period, 1603 to 1650. Vol. I. edited by
J. Paul Rylands, Esq. (In the press.)
" List of Lancashire and Cheshire Wills preserved at
Chester, from the Earliest Period, c. 1560 to 1650."
" The Parish Registers of Manchester."
"The Preston Guild Rolls." To be edited by W. A.
Abram, Esq.
"Lancashire and Cheshire Wills proved in London, 1650
to 1660." To be edited by Col. Chester, LL.D.
" Marriage Licences and Bonds at Chester."
" The Registers of Prestbury, co. Chester." To be edited
by James Croston, Esq., F.S.A.
" Institutions to Lancashire and Cheshire Churches, from
the Episcopal Registers at Lichfield and Chester."
"A Handy List of all the Lancashire and Cheshire Inqui-
sitions post Mortem, the Subsidy Rolls, and other
Public Records."
"The Chartulary of the Abbey of St. Werburgh at
Chester."
" Royalist Composition Papers relating to Lancashire and
Cheshire."
"The Parish Registers of Cartmel." To be edited by
W. O. Roper, Esq.
" Abstracts of Wills from Chester and Richmond."
" The Parish Registers of Nantwich, co. Chester."
"The Parish Registers of Rochdale." To be edited by
Lt.-Col. Fishwick, F.S.A.
&c- &c, &c.
THE RECORD SOCIETY
of Original Document*
RELATING TO
LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE,
VOLUME I.
1879.
v.l
COUNCIL FOR 1878-9.
JAMES CROSSLEY, F.S.A., Stocks House, Cheetham, Manchester, PRESIDENT.
WILLIAM BEAMONT, Orford Hall, Warrington, VICE-PRESIDENT.
R. C. CHRISTIE, M.A., Chancellor of the Diocese of Manchester, Darley House,
Mattock, VICE-PRESIDENT.
JAMES CROSTON, F.S.A., Upton Hall, Prestbury, Cheshire, VICE-PRESIDENT.
LIEUT. -COLONEL FISHWICK, F.S.A., Carr Hill, Rochdale, VICE-PRESIDENT.
GEORGE LITTLE, Q.C., Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster,
Stone Buildings, Lincoln s Inn, London, VICE-PRESIDENT.
W. ALEXANDER ABRAM, Blackburn.
COLONEL J. L. CHESTER, LL.D., 124, Southwark Park Road, London, S.E.
G. E. COKAYNE, M.A., F.S.A., Lancaster Herald, Heralds College, London.
HENRY H. HOWORTH, F.S.A., Derby House, Eccles, near Manchester.
THOMAS HUGHES, F.S.A., The Groves, Chester.
J. PAUL RYLANDS, F.S.A., Highfields, Thelwall, near Warrington, HON.
TREASURER.
T. P. EARWAKER, M.A., F.S.A., Withington, near Manchester, HON. SECRETARY.
CHURCH SURVEYS.
1649-1655.
IN TWO PARTS.
PART I.
PAROCHIAL SURVEYS OF LANCASHIRE.
PART II.
SURVEYS OF THE LANDS, &c., OF THE BISHOP AND
DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CHESTER, AND OF
THE WARDEN AND FELLOWS OF THE COL-
LEGIATE CHURCH OF MANCHESTER.
Now first printed from the Original MSS. in the Record Office and
in the Lambeth Palace Library.
EDITED BY
LIEUT.-COLONEL HENRY FISHWICK, F.S.A.,
AUTHOR OF "THE HISTORY OF THE PAROCHIAL CHAPELRY OF GOOSNARGH,"
"THE HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF KIRKHAM,"
"THE LANCASHIRE LIBRARY," ETC.
PRINTED FOR THE RECORD SOCIETY.
MDCCCLXXIX.
INTRODUCTION,
THE Assembly of Divines first met at Westminster on
1st July, 1643, and from it gradually proceeded a system of
Presbyterian ecclesiastical polity, to which effect was given
by various ordinances of the Houses of Parliament. The
" Directory for Public Worship " (which took, the place
of the Book of Common Prayer) was established by Par-
liament 3rd January, 1645, and was followed in rapid suc-
cession by other ordinances, all having for their object the
establishment of the Presbyterian form of worship. Altars,
raised communion-tables, images, pictures, organs, and all
" superstitious inscriptions," had already been swept away,
and nothing now remained except the titles of the clergy,
the churches themselves, and their endowments ; and against
these the energy of the Presbyterian party was concentrated.
On 5th September, 1646, it was ordained by the Lords
and Commons that on and after that date the titles of
Archbishops and Bishops should be abolished, and that
all their possessions should be vested in Thomas Adams,
Mayor of the City of London, and certain other trustees,
to hold the same of the King. These trustees were em-
powered to appoint " able persons to survey the premises,"
and were to take charge of all deeds and charters re-
lating thereto. On i6th November following an order was
passed authorizing John Blackwell, Esq., and others to sell
the lands and possessions of Bishops and Archbishops.
Treasurers and a registrar were appointed ; and the vendors
were to receive two pence in the pound out of the purchase-
money. The fabric, or site of the cathedrals or churches,
or burial-grounds, were not to be sold.
For reasons which it would not be difficult to define, the
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xviii INTRODUCTION.
sales were not readily effected, and other ordinances had tc
be passed for " Security and Encouragement for Purchasers,"
for "Removing Obstructions," and for "Explanation and
better Execution of former Ordinances."1
In 1649 it was enacted that on and after 29th March of
that year the "name, title, dignity, function, and office of
Dean, Sub-dean, Dean and Chapter," and all other titles
and offices belonging to any college or collegiate church in
England and Wales, should be abolished ; and that all lands
or other possessions which then or within ten years before
the beginning of the then Parliament, of right belonging to
any such church dignitary, should be vested in certain
trustees, who were to sell the same, after having first had
a survey taken of them. Upon some of the lands, &c. of the
Deans and Chapters a sum of .£300,000 was to be borrowed.
On 25th June following an ordinance was passed for "the
more speedy sale " of the Dean and Chapter lands, &c., and
for the "present raising of monies for the transporting of
troops now in readiness for the relief of Ireland." On 4th
May, 1654, the "Lord Protector, with the advice of his
Council," ordained that over and above the £300,000 ap-
pointed to be borrowed upon the security of the Act for the
Sale of lands, &c., of Church Dignitaries, and also over and
above £120,000 borrowed on the like security, a further sum
of £20,000 should be raised.
Under these Acts the Surveys forming Part II. of this
volume were made.
On 8th June, 1649, an Act of Parliament was passed,
entitled " An Act for the Providing Maintenance of preach-
ing Ministers, and other pious use"; and the trustees named
in this Act were by authority of Parliament ordered to stand
seized of all parsonages, tithes, oblations, obventions, &c.,
until 24th June, 1650, upon trust to pay and supply out of the
rents and issues for the maintenance of preaching ministers,
the advancement of learning, and other pious uses, such
augmentations and allowances as should be made by Par-
1 All passed in 1647.
INTRODUCTION. xix
liament. On 2oth December, 1649, it was ordered that the
Lords Commissioners for the Great Seal of England do pre-
pare and present to the House a commission (in accordance
with the last-named Act) " for the discovery of the value of
the several livings in the respective counties, and that the
Members of the House do present names of fit persons to be
commissioners for the purpose with all speed."
The latter portion of the order not having been complied
with, on the ist February following (1650) the Members were
ordered within seven days to send up the names of com-
missioners ; on the 8th of the same month a commission was
presented to the House, but, being in Latin, it was rejected ;
another was prepared in English, and being approved, was
at once transmitted to the various counties in England,
addressed to the persons who had been nominated as com-
missioners by the Members of Parliament ; and where none
had been so chosen, then to such as were " named Commis-
sioners for their county for the last monthly assessment."
The Lancashire Commission is dated 29th March, 1650;
the first Inquisition being held at Manchester, i/th June
following.
The subjects upon which they were to collect information
were as follows : — The number of parsonages, vicarages,
churches, chapels, or other ecclesiastical benefices ; the yearly
value of each of them ; the name of the incumbent, pro-
prietor, or possessor ; the name of the person who supplied
the cure, and what his salary was ; the number of chapels
belonging to each parish church, and their situation ; what
chapels it was advisable to detach from their parish churches
and annex to other parishes ; and where it was needful to
erect new churches and divide parishes.
Any five of the Commissioners were to fix a time and
place to meet, and the High Sheriff was to cause to appear
before them " honest and lawfull men, by whom the truth
may be best known and inquired of."
The Commissioners for Lancashire were men of undoubted
position in the county, as for the most part were those who
were called upon to give evidence upon oath, and their
b 2
XX INTRODUCTION.
testimony as to facts must be accepted ; but perhaps where
the evidence is given merely as a matter of opinion, some
allowance should be made for the strong party feeling
existing, and the statement taken cum grano salts. The
Commission sat sixteen times, holding three Inquisitions at
Manchester, six at Wigan, three at Lancaster, three at Preston,
and one at Blackburn. The Commissioners appear to have
divided the work, one half of their number taking Man-
chester and Wigan, and the other half Preston, Lancaster,
and Blackburn.
The Survey shows that there were in Lancashire in 1650
63 1 parish churches and 118 chapels, of which no less than
38 were without minister, chiefly for want of " maintenance."
Many of the parishes were very large, and the Commissioners
wisely recommended their subdivision ; whilst some of the
chapels were so far from their mother-church that it was
thought desirable that they should become parish churches :
in either case the proposed new boundaries were clearly
defined, and, in many instances, the names of the house-
holders in the district are given ; thus furnishing valuable
genealogical evidence not to be found elsewhere.
The name of the minister of each church or chapel is
always recorded, and as a rule an opinion follows as to his
fitness or otherwise for the office he holds.
This list of ministers, compared with the signatures to
"The Harmonious Consent of the Ministers of Lancaster"2
and "The Paper called the Agreement of the People,"3 fur-
nishes such a complete catalogue of the clergy of the county,
that no apology is required for reproducing them here :—
1 With North Meols there were 64 parish churches. North Meols is
not mentioned in the Survey.
" The Harmonious Consent of the Ministers of the Province within
the County Palatine of Lancaster with their Brethren the Ministers of
the Province of London, in their late Testimonie to the Truth of Jesus
Christ and to our solemn League and Covenant." London. 1648.
" The Paper called the Agreement of the People taken into considera-
tion, and the lawfulness of subscription to it examined and resolved in
the negative by the Ministers of Christ in the Province of Lancaster.
London. 1649." Both these are very scarce tracts.
INTRODUCTION.
XXI
Signature to
" Harmonious Con-
sent," 1648.
Signature to
" Agreement of the
People," 1649.
Survey 1630.
Accrington Chapel . .
Roger Kenion.
Admarsh Chapel
Henry Jenney.
Aldingham Church ..
Thomas Shaw.
Altcar Church
Robert Seddon ...
Robert Seddon
Robert Seddon.
Altham Chapel
Thomas Jolly.
Arkholme Chapel ...
Mr. Foster.
Ashton (inMakerfield )
Chapel
James Wood
James Wood
James Woodes.
Ashton - under- Lyne
Church
John Harrison .
John Harrison
John Harrison.
Ashworth Chapel ...
Vacant.
Astley Chapel
Thomas Crompton
Thomas Crompton
Thomas Crompton
Atherton Chapel ...
James Smith.
Aughton Church
James Worrall ...
James Worrall.
AughtonChap. (Lons-
dale)
Thos. Whitehead.
Balderstone Chapel..
Vacant.
Barton Chapel
Vacant.
Billinge Chapel
John Wright
John Wright.
Birch Chapel
John Wigan.
Bispham Chapel
John Fisher
Vacant.1
Blackburn Church . . .
Leonard Clayton.
Blackley Chapel
James Walton
James Walton.
Blackrod Chapel... .
Gerrard Browne.
Blawith Chapel
John Gibson.2
Bolton-le-Moors
Church
Richard Goodwin
J ohn Harper 3 . . .
Richard Goodwin
John Harper . .
Richard Goodwin.
John Harper.
Bolton-le-Sands
Church
John Jacques
Tohn Jacques ...
John Jacques.
Bradshaw Chapel . .
Mr. Felgate.
Brindle Chapel
Broughton Chapel
(Amounderness)
Thomas Cranage..
Thomas Cranage..
William Walker.
James Knott.
Broughton Chapel
(Lonsdale)
Matthew Moore4
Thomas Rigby.
Burnley Chapel
Henry Morres.
Burton Wood Chapel
William Bagaley
William Bagerley.
Bury Church
William Alt ... j
Toby Forness
William Alte.
Cartmel Church
Philip Bennet.
Cartmel Fell Chapel
John Brooke.
Caton Chapel
James Scholecroft
James Schoolcroft.
Childwall Church
David Elletson.
Chipping Church
John Kinge.
Chorley Chapel (or
Church)
Henry Welch
Henry Welch
Henry Welch.
Chorlton Chapel
Richard Benson
Richard Benson.
Church Kirk Chapel
James Rigby.
Claughton Church
Edward Aston
Edward Aston.
Clitheroe Chapel .
Robert Marsden.
John Brereley, curate of Poulton, probably officiated here.
Described as pastor ; Goodwin as minister.
There is a doubt as to which Broughton is meant.
Reader only.
XX11
INTRODUCTION.
Signature to
" Harmonious Con-
sent," 1648.
Signature to
" Agreement of the
People," 1649.
Survey 1650.
Cockerham Church .
Cockey Chapel
lobert Shaw
'eter Bradshaw ...
Robert Shaw
Peter Bradshaw ...'•
Thomas Smith. '
Peter Bradshawe.
John Horrocks.
Bryan \Villan
Vacant.
Sir Rich. Rowle.7
John Kydd.
Croston Church
Culcheth Church
[Newchurch]
Dalton-in- Furness
Church . . .. .
ames Hyet
William Leigh ...
James Hyet
William Leigh ...
[ames Hyot.
William Leigh.
Rich. Tomblinson.
Dean Church ]
Dendron Chapel
Alex. Horrocks ...
[ohnTilsley3
JohnTilsley3... >
Alex. Horrocks )
John Tildesley.
Vacant.
Denton Chapel
Didsbury Chapel
fohn Angier
Thomas Clayton
John Angier
John Angier.
Thomas Clayton.
Douglas Chapel
Downham Chapel .
Wm. Brownsword
Wm. Brownsword
Wm. Brownsword
Geo. Whitticar.
Eccles Church
John Joanes
( John Joanes.
Eccleston Church ...
Edenfield Chapel ...
Edward Gee
Edward Gee
( Edmund Joanes.
Edward Gee.
Vacant.
Ellel Chapel
Peter Atkinson ...
Peter Atkinson ...
Peter Atkinson.
Ellenbrooke Chapel .
Vacant.
Elswick Chapel
Vacant.
Euxton Chapel
Seath Bushell.
Farn worth Chapel
(Prescot)
Vacant.
Flixton Church
Flockburg Chapel .
Edward Woolmer
Edward Woolmer
Edw. Hoolmoore.4
Vacant.
Formby Chapel
John W'alton.
Garstang Church ..
,, Chapel
Christ'Edmundson
Thomas Smith ...
Christ'Edmundson
ChristrEdmundson
Vacant.
Garston Chapel
In ruins.
Goodshaw Chapel ..
Vacant.
Goosnargh Chapel . .
William Ingham. . .
William Ingham.
Gorton Chapel
David Durie
David Durie.
Gressingham Chapel
John Syll
John Sell
Hale Chapel
Henry Boulton ...
Vacant.
Halsall Church
Halton Church
Hambleton Chapel..
Thomas John son . . .
Thos. Whitehead .
Thomas Johnson.
Thos. Whitehead
Thomas Johnson.
Thos. Whitehead.
Harwood Chapel ..
Vacant
Haslingden Chapel .
Robert Gilbody.
Hawkshead Church.
William Kempe
Heapey Chapel
Heysham Church ..
William Ward
Heywood Chapel ..
Hindley Chapel
Jonath. Scholefield
Jonath. Scholefielc
Jonath. Scholefield
Holcombe Chapel ..
Robert Gilbody ..
Vacant.
Holland Church
Henry Shaw
Richard Baldwin.
1 William Calvert being under Sequestration (p. 129). * Reader only.
3 Pastor. Horrocks minister. * Clerical error ; should be Woolmer.
INTRODUCTION.
XX111
Signature to
" Harmonious Con-
sent, "1648.
Signature to
"Agreement of the
People," 1649.
Survey 1650.
Holmes Chapel
Vacant.
Samuel Joanes.
Mr. Kiddson.
HenryPendlebury.
William Bell.
William Smith.
Vacant.
Mr. Askew.
Edw. Fleet wood.
William Marshall.
James Chrichlowe.
Henry Hill.
Vacant.
Vacant.
Vacant.
Vacant.
Thos. Bradshawe.
John Fogg.
Vacant.
Vacant.
Sir J. Pennington.
Joseph Harrison.
Willm. Armisteed.
Willm. Aspinwall,
C Rich. Heyrick.
\ R.Hollingworth
( Willm. Walker.
John Mullenson.
Nicholas Bray.
William Assheton.
John Pollett.
Edward Lappage.
Robert Dewhurst.
John Walker.
Tho. Blackborne.
[Notin theSurvey].
Robt. Constantine
William Dunn.
Joshiah Barnards.
Vacant.
John Breres.
John Crooke.
William Seddon.
Mr. Lumley.
Hoole Church
Samuel Joanes ...
Samuel Joanes . . .
Hormby Chapel
Horwich Church ...
Huyton Church
Kellet (Over) Chapel
Kirby Chapel
William Bell
William Smith ...
William Smith ...
Kirby Ireleth Church
Kirkham Church ...
Lancaster Church ...
_
Edward Fleet wood
Edward Fleet wood
Langho Chapel
Lathom Hall Chapel
Law Chapel
Leek Chapel
Leyland Church
Lindale Chapel
Littleborough Chapel
Liverpool Chapel ...
Longridge Chapel ...
John Fogge
John Fogge
Longton Chapel
Lowick Chapel
Lund Chapel
Lytham Church
Maghull (or Male)
Chapel
Willm. Aspinwal
Richard Heyrick..
John Mallinson ...
Manchester Church ..
Melling Chapel
Michael-le-Wyre, St.,
Church
I William Walker'
j RichardHeyrick
Middleton Church...
Milnrow Chapel
William Assheton
Newchurch in Pendle
Chapel
Newchurch in Ros-
sendale Chapel ...
Newton Chapel (Sal-
ford)
John Walker
Newton Chapel ( West
Derby) ...
Thomas Norman
James Starkie
Thomas Norman
North Meols
Oldham Church
Ormskirk Church ..
Over Darwen Cha-
pel
Robt. Constantine
William Dun
Robt. Constantine
William Dun
Overton Chapel
Padiham Chapel
Pennington Church
Penwortham Church
Pilling Chapel
Thomas Fawcet . .
John Breres
James Crichley ..
1 Signs here as "Warden of Christ Colledg, Manchester."
signs both papers as " Fellow of the Colledge."
Richard Hollingworth
XXIV
INTRODUCTION.
Signature to
"Harmonious Con-
sent," 1648.
Signature to
" Agreement of the
People," 1649.
Survey 1650.
Poulton in the Fylde
Church
Peter White.
Prescot Church
Rich. \Vesthead.1
Preston Church
Prestwich Church
Isaac Ambrose2 . .
Isaac Ambrose ...
Isaac Ambrose.
Isaac Allen.3
Radcliffe Church
Rainford Chapel
Thomas Pyke
Timothy Smith .
Thomas Pyke
Thomas Pyke.
Timothy Smith.
Rampside Chapel ...
Vacant.
Ribchester Church . . .
Christ' Hindley.
Ringley Chapel
Rixton and Glazbrook
Chapel
Thomas Holland
Thomas Holland
Thomas Holland
Henry Atherton.
Rochdale Church ...
Rufford Chapel
Robert Bath
Robert Bath
Robert Bath.
Mr. Woods.
Salford Chapel
Samlisbury Chapel...
John Brierley
William Meek ...
William Meek.
Rich. Smethurst.
Satterthwaite Chapel
Robert Johnson.
Scarisbrick Chapel...
Gawin Barkley.
Seathwaite Chapel . . .
Vacant.
Sephton Church
Joseph Thompson
Joseph Thompson.
Shaw Chapel
Robert Symon.
Shire Side Chapel ...
Peter Smith
John Fisher.
Singleton Chapel ...
Vacant.
Stalmine Chapel
Henry Jenny.
Standish Church
Staveley Chapel
Paul Lathom
Paul Lathom
Paul Lathom.
Gabriel Camelford.
St. Helen's Chapel...
Stretford Chapel
Rich. Mawdesley
Rich. Mawdesley
Rich. Mawdisley.
John Oldcrofte.
Stydd Church
Vacant.
Tatham Church
Nicholas Smith ...
Nicholas Smith.
, , Chapel
Mr. Drinckall.
Threlfall Chapel [alias
Whitechapel]
Mr. Sherbourne.
Tockholes Chapel ...
Vacant.
Todmorden Chapel. . .
Mr. Core,
Toxteth Chapel
Thomas Haggon
Tunstal Church
[Huggin].
John Leake.
Turton Chapel
James Livesay.
Ulverston Church ...
Philip Bennet
Vacant.
Urswick Church
Nicholas Marshall
Walmesley Chapel ...
Michael Briscoe.
Walney Chapel
Vacant.
Walton-on-the Hill )
Church \
William Ward... )
Nevill Kay5 \
William Ward'...
( William Ward.4
) Nevill Kay
Warrington Church. . .
Wart on Church
Robert Yates
Robert Yates
Richard Walker
Robert Yates.
Richard Walker
West Derby Chapel
Westhoughton Chap.
West Leigh Church
Bradley Hayhurst
Bradley Hayhurst.
.
1 Lecturer, William Addison. 2 Mr. Larkin. elected vicar (see p. 71).
3 Cure supplied by John Leake (see p. 15). « Both described as ministers.
5 Ward, incumbent ; Kay, vicar.
INTRODUCTION.
XXV
Signature to
" Harmonious Con-
sent," 1648.
Signature to
' ' Agreement of the
People," 1649.
Survey 1650.
Whalley Church
William Walker.
Whitewell Chapel ...
Vacant.
Whittington Church
Richard Jackson.
Whitworth Chapel ...
George Stott.
Wigan Church
James Bradshaw. . .
James Bradshaw. . .
James Bradshaw.
Winwick Church
Charles Herle.
Woodland Chapel ...
Vacant.
Wood Plumpton
Chapel
Vacant.
Wyersdale Chapel ...
Thomas Denny . . .
Thomas Denny.
From this list it will be seen that 84 of the Lancashire
ministers signed " The Harmonious Consent " or " The
Agreement of the People," and 78 did not.
The original manuscripts of the Parochial Surveys, as
returned by the Commissioners for the county of Lancaster,
are preserved at the Record Office. The returns for the
county of Chester have not been preserved, and no copies
are known to be in existence.
In the Lambeth Palace library are 24 large and unwieldy
volumes, consisting for the most part of office copies of
these Surveys, which were made shortly after the originals.
Volume xi. contains the Lancashire parochial Surveys. Some
portions of the MS. at the Record Office are in such a
dilapidated condition as to be almost undecipherable. The
text of the present volume (Part I.) is taken from the original
MS., and collated with the copy at Lambeth, the additions
or corrections contained in the latter being always printed
in brackets [ ].
Part II., " Survey of Lands, &c., of the Bishop of Chester,
&c.," is printed entirely from the Lambeth MSS. (the original
having perished), except p. 223 to p. 245, which is from a
copy in the British Museum (Additional MSS.).
In preparing for the press this, the first volume of the
Record Society, I have endeavoured to set what I consider a
good example to all future editors, and have resisted the
temptation to annotate and illustrate, more than was abso-
lutely required, knowing that the object of the Society is to
XXvi INTRODUCTION.
publish Records, and that every unnecessary note will, to a
certain degree, be a departure from the course which the
Council have wisely decided to follow. As the volume con-
tains upwards of seventeen hundred names of persons, the
shortest biographical notes would have added very much
to its bulk. For ready reference Christian and surnames are
printed in italics ; and it may be well here to explain that, to
save the expense of special new type, the marks of abbre-
viation in words printed in italics are omitted : thus Rofeto is
printed Robto. The "Church Surveys of Lancashire and
Cheshire" are now first printed in their entirety ; but it is
but fair to the memory of one whose name will always be
honoured by the members of the Record Society, to add
that the late Canon Raines, in his Notitia Cestriensis, has
quoted extensively from the Lambeth MSS. in his foot-
notes : these notes are scattered throughout four volumes
(which are now very scarce), and will in no way lessen the
value of the present work.
In the Record Office are 40 Deeds of Bargains and Sales
of Church Lands in Lancashire and Cheshire, from 1649 —
1658. Extracts from these will form a portion of some
future volume of the Record Society.
H. F.
CONTENTS,
PART I.
PAGES
PAROCHIAL SURVEYS OF LANCASHIRE i--i7o
COMMISSION 1—3
INQUISITION TAKEN AT MANCHESTER 4—18
Ditto „ ditto 18—28
Ditto „ ditto 28—45
Ditto „ WIGAN 46 — 65
Ditto „ ditto 65—80
Ditto „ ditto 80—88
Ditto „ ditto 88—96
Ditto „ ditto 97—107
Ditto „ ditto 107 — 117
Ditto „ LANCASTER 118 — 124
Ditto „ ditto 124 — 132
Ditto „ ditto 132—143
Ditto „ PRESTON 144 — 148
Ditto „ ditto 149—152
Ditto „ ditto 152 — 157
Ditto „ BLACKBURN 158 170
HUNDRED OF SALFORD 4 — 45
Ditto WEST DERBY 46—96
Ditto LEYLAND 97—117
Ditto LONSDALE , 118 — 132
Ditto ditto NORTH OF THE SANDS 132 — 144
Ditto AMOUNDERNESS 144—157
Ditto BLACKBURN 158—170
xxviii CONTENTS.
PART II.
PAGES
SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC., OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER ...171 — 223
SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC., OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF
CHESTER 223 — 257
SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC., OF THE WARDENS AND FELLOWS
OF THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH, MANCHESTER 257 — 261
INDEX OF PLACES 263—268
INDEX OF NAMES 269 — 282
ERRATA.
Page 45, 5th line from the bottom, for Thomas Mawdesley, read Robte. Mawdesley.
,, 130, lothline ,, ,, for Cams, read Carus.
,, 251, I2th line ,, „ for Greasley, read Greasby.
PART I.
PAROCHIAL SURVEYS OF LANCASHIRE.
CHANCERY SURVEYS OF CHURCH LIVINGS,
LANCASHIRE,
[TEMP. COMMONWEALTH.]
Libat fuit Cur xiij° die Novembr 1650.
To THE KEEPERS of the lifcty of England by Authority of
Parliament, To William Lenthall, Speaker of Parliament and
Master of the Rolles in the High Court of Chancery; Thomas
lord Fairfax, Generall of the Army ; John Bradshawe, lord
President of the Councell of State ; Bulstrode Whitelock,
Richard Keble, John Lisle, lordes Commissioners of the great
Scale of England ; Oliver Cromwell, lieutefint Generall and
Governor Generall of Ireland ; The Justices of Assize in the
County of Lancaster ; EdmondPrideaux, Attorney Generall of
the Comon Wealth ; John Moore, Thomas Fell, John Sawrie,
William West, Georg Towluson, Thomas Whittingham, Georg
Pigott, JerehiahAspimvall, Robert Maudesley, Richard Standish,
Richard Shuttleworth, John Starkie, Peter Holt, James Ashton,
Alexander Barlowe, JoJin Hartley, Thomas BircJie, Gilbert
Ireland, JohnAtJierton, Peter Bonld, Esquiers ; Thomas Cubham
and Robert Glest, Gentlemen, greeting : WHEREAS WEE, for
diverse good causes and consideracons vs at psent moveinge,
and willing and intending to pvide a competent mainte-
nance and advancement for preaching ministers in the
severall parishes throughout England and Wales, And also
desireing to be ctified of the certaine number and true
yearely value of all parsonages and vicarages psentative,
and of all and every the spuall and Ecctiasticall benefices,
liveinges, and donatives, as well vnto which any Cure of Soules
is annexed as without Cure of Soules, WEE, THEREFORE,
haveing speciall trust and confidence in your fidelities, indus-
tries, and pvident circumspeccons, have noiated, assigned,
and appointed you to be Comissioners, Giveing and graunt-
B
2 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
ing vnto you, and any five or more of you, full power and
authoritie, by virtue of these Rentes, to enquire, as well by
the Oathes of good and lawful men of the County of Lan-
caster as by the Examinacons of ctaine Witnesses vpon
Oath, and by all other good and lawfull wayes and meanes
whereby you may the better knowe and finde out, as well
within Notes as without, the truth herein, what and how many
parsonages and vicarages ^sentative, and whatsoever other
spuall and Eccliasticall benefices and liveinges and Dona-
tives, as well to which any Cure of Soules is annexed as
aforesaid as without Cure ot Soules, are lying and being
within the County aforesaid, and any Cittie, townes, and places
whatsoever within the pcinctes, lymittes, and extentes of the
said County; And likewise what each of them are worth
truely and really by the yeare, and the names of the psent
Incumbentes, Proprietors, and Possessours thereof, and of such
pson & psons as receive the pfitts and to whose vse, and
whoe supplies the cure, and what he hath for his salary, and
how many Chappells are belonging to parish Churches, and
how parishe Churches and Chappells are scituate and fitt to
be vnited within the lymitts of the County aforesaid, and how
the severall Churches and Chappells are supplied by preach-
ing ministers, that soe course may be taken for pviding both
for preaching and for maintenance where the same shalbee
found to be needefull and necessarie ; And further to enquire
what Chappells are fitt to be taken from Parish Churches and
annexed to others or made parish Churches, and where it is
fitt for other Churches to be built and the parishes devided
and part of them appropriated to those new built Churches ;
And of all and every other Articles and Circumstances which,
for the better service of the Comonwealth in this behalfe,
shall appeare to you, or five or more ot you as aforesaid, to be
necessarie and behovefull, according to the tenour of a ctaine
Act of this psent Parliam1 beareing date the eighth day of
June last passed, Intituled, An Act for pviding maintenance
for preaching ministers and other pious vses in this case
made and pvided ; AND THEREFORE Wee comaund you that
at ctaine days and places which you, or any five or more of
you shall appoint in this behalfe That you doe diligently
make inquiry vpon the pmisses and that you doe and execute
COMMISSION OF INQUIRY. 3
all and every thing and thinges in the pmisses with effect in
forme aforesaid, and the same Inquisicon and your whole
pceedinges in the pmisses by you, or any five or more of you,
to be distinctly and cleerely made and taken, that you, or any
five or more of you, have before vs in the High Court of
Chauncery with all convenient speede, or at the furthest a
die See Trinitatis px futur in tres septimanas, vnder the
Scales of you, or any five or more of you as aforesaid, and
vnder the scales of them by whome the same Inquisicon
shalbe made, together with this Coinission. AND WEE
Cofnaund, by virtue of these psentes, the Sheriffe of the
County aforesaid that at ctaine dayes and places which
yee, or five or more of you aforesaid, shall make knowne to
him, that he cause to come before you, or any five or more of
you as aforesaid, such and as many honest and lawfull men
of his Bayliwicke, as well within lifeties as without, by whome
the truth in the pmisses may best be knowne and inquired
of. WEE likewise Comaund, by virtue hereof, all and singuler
Justices of Peace, Maiors, Sheriffes, Bayliffes, Constables, and all
other Officers, Ministers, and others whatsoever, that they be
attending, ayding, adviseing, and assisting vnto you, or any
five or more of you, in the due execucon of the pmisses in
all thinges, as is requisite. IN WITTNES whereof wee have
caused theis Letters to bee made patents. WlTNES our selves
at Westfh the nyne and twentith day of March, in the yeare
of our lord God One thousand six hundred and fifty.
BoLLES.
(Endorsed) — A Coinission to enquire, wthin the Countie of
Lancaster, of the number and true yearely
value of Church Liveings. BOLLES
Execuco istius Comissionis patet in quibusdam Scheduf
huic Comissioni annexat.
(signed) Jo. ATHERTON
THO. BIRCHE
PETER HOLT
GEO. PIGOT
THO. WHITTINGHAM
JlROHJAH1 ASPINALL
JOHN SAWREY
1 In the preamble (see page i) this name is given as Jerchiah Aspinwall.
B 2
LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
[HUNDRED OF SALFORD.]
Hundred Inquisico indentat capt apud Mancestriam in Com Lan-
1 C I/" A
castria coram Ricardo StandisJie, Jacobo Assheton, Alexandra
Barlowe, Thoma Birch, Roberto Mawdesley, Johanne Hartley,
et Petro Holte, Aris, et Thoma Cubham, ge&oso, Comissionar
virtute cujusdam Comissionis sub sigillo magno Angliae
eisdem et alijs Comissionar in eadem nominat, die lune, vidzt
decimo septimo die Junij, Anno Dni Millesimo sexcentesimo
quinquagesimo, p sacrm Johis Gilliam, de Newton, gen ;
Johis Marler, de Manchester, gen ; Henrici Neild, de Man-
chester, gen ; Willi Rawlmson, de Blackeley, gen ; Radi
Worsley, de Rusham [Rusholme], gen ; ffrancisci Wood, de
Withington, gen ; Thome Gilbodie, de Streitford, gen ; Adam
Pilkington, de Salford, gen ; Willi Owen, de fflixton, gen ;
Jacobi Royle, de fflixton, gen ; Thome Sorocold, de Barton,
gen ; Jacobi Rowe, de Heawton, gen ; Edmundi Chatterton, de
Alkrington, gen ; Georgij Jackson, de Chorlton, gen, et Robti
Loynsdale, de Worsley, gen, proborum et legaliu homin Com
pd Jur. Qui dicunt et j3sentant sup sacrm suu in his verbis
Anglicanis sequentibus, vidzt :
Manches- WEE doe psent that there is a pishe Church within Man-
chester towne, in the County of Lancaster, And that there
belongeth vnto the said Church seuall messuages and
gardens, wth th'appurtennces thereunto belonginge, scituate,
lying and beinge in the deanesgate in Manchester aforesaid,
And alsoe severall messuages and tentes, with th'appten
scytuate, lyinge and beinge in Newton and Kirkmansholme,
and els where within the some pishe, of the yearly rent of
fforty sixe poundes, or neare thereabouts, family payd as
Ancient yearely Rent, besides the increase of fifynes vnto the
warden and ffellowes of the Colledge in Manchester, vntill
about a yeare last past, the same was stayed by order ; And
that the tyths and Rents for tyths within the said pishe
have beene and are esteemed to bee, one yeare with another,
of the yearely value of ffive hundred and ffifty pounds, or
MANCHESTER PARISH. 5
nere thereabouts, the Charges of Inninge and Collectinge the
same being deducted. And that Mr. Richard Heyricke,
warden, Mr. Richard Hollingworth, one of the Fellowes, and
Mr. Willm Walker, Minister of the gospell, are the psent
pastors and ministers of the same Church, who are godly
pchers, And have for divers yeares last past received some
pt thereof, but the greatest pt thereof hath beene and is
deteyned from them of late, wch proffits and tyths soe
deteyned remaine in the hands of some of the Inhabitants
of the same pish, the hamlett of Holme [Hulme] is aboute
a Statute myle distant from Manchester Church, the value
of the tyths whereof are comphended within the afforesaid
some of five hundred and fifty pounds ; And that theire are
wthin and belonginge to the same pish of Manchester, nyne
Chappells ; vidzt, Salford, Streitford, Chorleton, Diddesbury,
Birch, Gorton, Denton, Newton, and Blackley ; And for the
distance betweene the said severall Chappells and theire
pishe Church, and betweene one Chappell and another, are
as hereafter followeth.
ALSOE wee present that there is A Chappell within the Streitford
towneshippe of Streitford, belonginge and within the pishe tstretfc
of Manchester, and that Mr. John Odcrofte, preacher of
Gods word, hath and doth officiate at the same Chappell ;
And that the tyths wthin Streitford afforesaid, formerly
farmed for divers yeares yett in beinge by Sr. Edmund
Trafford, knight, deceased, from the said pish Church of
Manchester, at the yerely rent of sixe pounds thirteene
shillings ffower pence, and is worth p ami in kind twenty
six pounds thirteene shillings and foure pence ; two ptes
whereof is taken from ST. Cecill Trafford for his recusancy ;
And that the Sallery and stipend payd to the said MT.
Odcrofte is payd him by the Inhabitants of Streitford affore-
said, wthout any allowance from the Rectory or pishe
Church of Manchester, or otherwise, to the Insupportable
burden and Charge of the said Inhabitants ; And that the said
Chappell is distant from the said pishe Church foure statute
miles and vpwards, and is wthin a Statute myle and a halffe
of Chorleton Chappell, and three statute myles from Flixton
and fit to be made a pish.
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Salford. AND alsoe wee present that there is a Chappel in Salford,
lately erected, to wch the yearely some of twenty pounds doth
belonge, beinge the free gifte of M'f. Humfry Booth, gent1,
thelder, deceased, out of lands pt whereof lye in the towne-
shippe of. Manchester and pte in Pendleton, in the pish of
Eccles, in wcU Chappell Mr. Willm Meeke, an able and
sufficient Minister, doth officiate, and hath the Cure of soules
there, and receives the said twenty pounds p ann att the
hands of Mr*. An Booth, widow. And that the said Chappell
is ffitt to be made a pishe, and not to bee vnyted vnto Man-
chester, although it lyeth wtllin one quarter of a myle of
the said pishe Church, because it hath a competencye of In-
habitnts and Communicants there wthin itselffe ; And that the
tyths of the said towne of Salford have beene Anciently paid
to the said pish Church of Manchester, and, as wee conceive,
are worth sixteene pounds p ann, and the lands and tyths
in Salford belonging vnto Manchester Church, and are comp-
hended in the five hundred and fiftie pounds before menconed.
Newton. ALSOE wee psent that wthin the towneshippe of Newton
there is one Chappell, wch is called Newton Chappell, and
distant from their pish of Manchester three statute myles one
quarter and sixteene poles, and aboute three statute myles
one quarter and sixteene poles and aboute three statute
myles distant from Blackley and Gorton ; And there are
certen Lands- and Tenements wthin Newton and kirkmans-
holme, the yearely rents whereof are thirty foure pounds two
shillings three pence, and have Anciently beene payed to the
wardens and fellowes of Manchester, till by order restrayned.
The tyths wthin Newton are worth aboute eight pounds p
ann, and the tyths in kirkmansholme are worth fforty shillings
p ann, w1* said tyths have beene formerly payed, wth the said
rents, to the said warden and fellowes, and are comphended in
the five hundred and fifty pounds before menconed; And
that Bradford, Faylesworth, and the most pte of Droylesden
and Moston, are wthin the said Chappelry and nearer vnto
vnto [sic] the same then any other Church or Chappell, and
that the said towneshipps and the said pts of the other
townshipps are fitt to bee made a pish of Newten. MT. John
Walker, preacher of the Gospell, supplyeth the cure theire,
MANCHESTER PARISH. /
and hath for his sallary the yearely some of fforty pounds,
wch is payd him by his hearers, beinge Inhabitants wthin the
said Towneshipps, by voluntarie contrybucon ; formerly theire
tyths beinge payable to the warden and fellowes of Man-
chester, and of late kept in theire owne hands towards payme.
of the said forty pounds p anfi. There is noe other Eccle-
siasticall benifics wthin the said towneshippe of Newton but
as afforesaid, save onely a dwellingehouse, consistinge of two
bayes of building, and a stable of aboute one bay, wch was
built by the Inhabitants of the said Chappellrie at theire
owne proper costs and charges, for theire Minister.
AND alsoe wee psent that in Faylesworth theire is noe Fayles-
Church or Chappell, nor any Ecclesiasticall benefices (theire r^k.
tythes onely excepted), which are worth about nyne pounds, worth].
p Ann wch formly have bene payed to the warden and fellowes
of Manchester Church, being pte of the some of ffive hundred
and ffifty pounds before menconed ; And that Newton Chap-
pell is the Church vnto wch the[y] resorte and doe pay yearely
vnto Mr. John Walker, Minister of gods word, who supplyes
the Cure there, the some of thirteene pounds or thereabouts,
wch is pte of the forty pounds before menconed payed to the
said M'\ Walker, whereof the said tyths are now a pte ; And
wee thinke it fitt and convenient that Newton Chappell, with
the hamells adjoyninge, vidzt, Moston, Newton, Faylesworth,
Droylesden, and Bradford, bee made a pishe.
ALSOE we p^sent that the Inhabitants wthin the towne- Droyles-
shippe of Droylesden doe constantly for the most pte repayre j^"0 ]s
and goe to the Chappell of Newton, beinge wthin one statute den],
myle and a halfe thereof, and is the next Chappeli to the
same towneshippe, and fit to be vnyted to the said Chappell
of Newton, And is distant from the pishe Church of Man-
chester foure statute myles and vpwards, and have payed
theire tythes, beinge worth tenn pounds p arm, formerly to the
Ministers of the said pish Church of Manchester, wch is pte of
the before menconed some of five hundred and ffifty pounds.
ALSOE wee psent that theire is noe Church or Chappell Bradford.
wthin Bradford, And that the Inhabitants wthin Bradford
8 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
doe constantly resorte & goe to Newton Chappell, beinge the
next Chappell vnto them, and that the towneshippe of Bradford
is wthin one statute myle and a halfe of Newton Chappell
and fitt to be vnyted therevnto, and is distant from Man-
chester pish Church above two statute myles, and have payed
formerly the yearely some of sixteene shillings eight pence
for theire tyth Corne to Mr. Browne, one of the fellowes of
Manchester Church ; but wee conceive the said tyth is worth
thirty shillings p anfi one yeare wth another, and is com-
phended in the said some of five hundred and fifty pounds.
Gorton. ALSO wee psent that the Chappell of Gorton is distant
from the pish Church of Manchester three myles and a halffe
and ffyfty poles, and is nearer to Birch Chappell then to any
other Church or Chappell, and that Mr. David Dury? a
painfull and godly minister, is teacher att Gorton Chappell,
and hath his sallery and wages payed vnto him by the
voluntary contribucon of the Inhabitants of Gorton, saveinge
twenty six shillings eightpence yearly, yssueinge out of a
close of Land lyinge in Gorton aforesaid, formerly given to
the said Chappell by the said Inhabitants ; And that the
tyths wthin the same towne are worth six pounds thirteene
shillings foure pence p anri one yeare wth another, and is com-
phended wthin the said five hundred and ffifty pounds.
Openshaw. ALSOE wee f?sent that there is not any Chappell wtllin
Openshawe in the pishe of Manchester, and that the Inhabi-
tants within Openshawe aforesaid doe constantly resort to
Gorton Chappell, beinge wthin halfe a statute myle of the
same Chappell, and fitt to be vnyted vnto and is distant from
the pishe Church of Manchester above foure statute myles ;
And that the tyth within Openshawe is worth five Marks
p ann one yeare wth another, and have beene payed formerly
to the minister att Manchester, and is comprehended wthin
the said ffyve hundred and ffiftie pounds
ALSOE wee ?sent that the Inhabitants wthin Ardwicke,
' haveinge noe Chappell therein, doe resort constantly to the
1 The Lambeth MSS. gives Dary; but the name was undoubtedly
Dury, or Durie.
MANCHESTER PARISH. 9
pishe Church of Manchester, beinge wthin a Statute myle
and a Quarter to the said pish Church and fitt to be continued
. therewith, beinge nearer thereunto then to any other Church
or Chappell ; And that the tyths wthin Ardwicke are worth
p Ann one yeare wth another foure marks, and hath beene
constantly payed vnto the warden and fellowes of Manchester
Church, and is comprehended wthin the said five hundred and
fifty pounds.
ALSOE wee psent that the Inhabitants wthin Reddishe, Reddishe
haveinge no Church or Chappell wthin Reddishe, doe con- *•
stantly repaire vnto the Church of Stopforth [Stockport], and
to the Chappell of Denton, and to the Chappell of Gorton,
And that the same towne is distant from the pishe Church
of Manchester above sixe statute myles, and from the
Chappell of Denton above two statute myles, and from the
Chappell of Gorton above two statute myles, and from the
pish Church of Stopford [Stockport], beinge wthin Cheshire,
above one statute myle, And ffitt to have a Chappell or
Church to be erected betwixt it and Heaton Norres [Norris].
And that the tyths wthin Reddish aforesaid are worth one
yeare with another eleaven pounds thirteene shillings foure
pence, and hath beene formerly payed to the warden and
ffellowes of Manchester, and is comphended wthin the said
ffive hundred and ffifty pounds.
ALSOE wee psent that there is not any Chappell wtllin the Crompsall
towneshippe of Crompsall [Crumpsall], and that the same is g^jn1"115"
distant from the pishe Church of Manchester above three
statute myles, and is wthin one statute myle of the Chappell
of Blackley, and the Inhabitants of Crompsall doe repaire
constantly to the Chappell of Blackley, And are fitt to bee
vnyted to the Chappell of Blackley afforesaid ; And that the
tythes wthin Crompsall afforesaid, being worth one yeare with
another nyne pounds, have been formerly payed to the
warden and fellowes of Manchester, wch some is pte of the
five hundred and ffifty pounds before mentioned
ALSOE we psent that in Blackley there is one Chappell, Blackley.
called Blackley Chappell, at wch M r. James Walton, minister
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of gods word, supplyeth the Cure. And that there is not any
Ecclesiasticall benefics wthin the said towneshippe (except
one dwellingehouse built for the minister at the proper costs
and charges of the Inhabitants of the said Chappellrie, And
the some of seaventeene shillings eight pence p ann, in the
possion of Richard Garside, beinge the gift of Adam Cheetam
and received by the Chappelriffs for the vse of the said MT.
Walton} ; And the tyths of the said towneshippe are worth
aboute ffifteene pounds p ann, And heretofore payed to the
warden and fellowes of the pish Church of Manchester, and
is pt of the said five hundred and fiftie pounds ; the said
Mr. Walton hath not any certen sallery, but what the
Inhabitants of the said Chappelry are pleased voluntarily
to give him in liew of theire tyths, \vch formerly the[y]
payed to the warden and fellowes as aforesaid, the said
Chappell is aboute three statute myles and one quarter from
the said pishe Church and aboute three statute myles from
Newton Chappell, and above three myles from any other
Church or Chappell, and the Inhabitants wthin the towne-
shipps of Crompsall, Harpurhey, Blakely [Blackley], pt of
Cheetam [Cheetham] and pt of Moston, doe vsually resort
vnto the said Chappell, and fitt to be made a pishe; And
that the said M r. Walton hath manyfested disafeccon to the
{Jsent governem*. by neglectinge to observe days of thankes
givinge and humiliacon appointed by ordinance of pliam'.,
and speakeinge against the Engagm1., by reason whereof the
same place theise dayes were not supply ed.
Harpur- WEE psent that in Hurphey [Harpurhey] there is neyther
Church nor Chappell, nor any Ecclesiasticall befices (theire
tythes excepted), wch are worth p Ann aboute thirty shillings,
wcl1 heretofore have beene payed to the warden and fellowes
of Manchester Church, and are pte of the said ffive hundred
and fifty pounds ; that the said towneshippe is two myles
distant from the said pish Church and aboute one myle from
Blackley Chappell, whereunto the Inhabitants of the said
towneshippe doe resorte to ptake of divyne ordinances, and
fit to bee made pt of that pishe, beinge nearer vnto the said
Chappell then to any other Church or Chappell.
MANCHESTER PARISH. II
ALSOE wee psent that in Chorleton Rowe there is neyther Chorlton
Church nor Chappell, nor any Ecclesiasticall benefices (except [ROW]
the tythes), weh are worth p ann one yeare wth another the
some of six pounds, and payed to the Ministers of Manchester
Church and com^hended in the said some of ffive hundred
and ffifty pounds ; And pt of the said towne lyeth nearer vnto
Birch and pt nearer vnto Manchester, and the Inhabitants
thereof resorte to both the said places ; the distance betwixt
Birch Chappell and Manchester Church, the nearest way, is
three statute myles and sixteene poles (vidzt) aboute one
myle betweene Birch Chappell and the nerest pte of the
towneshippe, one myle and a quarter the length of the towne-
shippe, and one myle and thirty six poles from the nearest pt
thereof to Manchester Church, and that pte of the said towne-
shippe beinge the nearer to Birch Chappell should be enexed
to the same, and the other pte contynued to Manchester, the
Inhabitants nearer therevnto then any Church or Chappell.
ALSO wee psent that in Heaton Nerres [Norris] there is not Heaton
any psonage or viccarage, nor any spirituall benfices, liveings, j^*!^
donatives, Rents, Glebe lands, or tenements (except theire Norris].
tyths), wch will amount to thirty pounds p ann and twenty
shillings p ann from Street house lane, wch formerly have beene
payed vnto Mr. Heyricke, Mr. Hollingworth, and the rest of the
fellowes of Manchester Church, and are pt of the said five
hundred and ffifty pounds. And the said towneshippe is
distant from the pishe Church of Manchester seaven statute
myles and some od poles, and from Diddesbury Chappell,
wch is the nearest vnto Heaton Norres aforesaid, is three
statute myles and odd poles ; and wee thinke it fitt and con-
venient there should bee a Chappell built in the middle
betwixt them for the advancem1. of gods glory and the ease
of the people thereabouts, and that Heaton Norres and Red-
dishe bee joyned together in one pishe, wch will make a
sufficient congregacon, and are distant from any Church or
Chappell wthin theire owne County three statute rnyles.
WEE $sent also that in Broughton, Tetlowe, and Kersall Broughton,
there is not any Church or Chappell, nor any spirituall or rxetio^i
Ecclesiasticall benefices (the tyths of the said Hamletts onely Kersall. '
12 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
excepted), wch are worth aboute nyne pounds p arm one
yeare wth another; that the said towneshippe is aboute a
myle distant from the pishe Church of Manchester, to
wch the Inhabitants thereof doe for the most pt resorte, and
that the said Church of Manchester hath beene and is fur-
nished wth Godly able Ministers, and the said Inhabitants
have formerly payed theire tyths to the said Church, and
they are comprehended in the said ffive hundred and ffifty
pounds.
Cheetham. ALSOE wee $sent that wthin the towneshippe of Cheetham
there is neyther Church nor Chappell, nor any spirituall or
ecclesiasticall benefices (the tythes excepted), wch are worth
ten pounds p ami one yeare wtb another, and payable to the
warden and ffellowes of Manchester Church, and is pt of the
before menconed some of ffive hundred and fiftie pounds ; and
that the said towneshippe is distant from Manchester aboute
one myle, and the Inhabitants thereof resort vnto the said
Church, beinge theire pishe Church and fit to bee contynued
members thereof, beinge nearer thereto adjoyneinge then to
any other Church or Chappell.
Withing. ALSOE wee f)sent that in the towneshippe of Withington
there are foure Chappells ; vidzt Diddesbury [Didsbury], Birch,
Chorlton, and Denton ; the Chappells are distant from theire
pishe Church of Manchester as followeth ; vidzt, from Dides-
bury to Manchester six myles and eight and twenty poles,
from Denton to Manchester seaven myles three quarters, from
Chorlton to Manchester five myles and a quarter and fifty
two poles, from Birch to Manchester foure myles fifty two
poles : the distance betwixt Chappell and Chappell is as fol-
loweth; vidzt, betwixt Denton and Birch is six myles two
hundred and nynty six poles, betwixt Birch and Dyddesbury
[Didsbury] is three myles and two poles, betwixt Didsbury and
Chorlton is three myles and eight poles, betwixt Chorlton and
Birch is three myles and an halfe and fforty poles, betwixt
Birch and Gorton the nearest way is three myles. The pticuler
benefitts apptaineinge to any of the said Chappells is as fott. ;
vidzt, vnto Denton one house and a garden, worth sixteene
shillings p ami. A gift to the said Chappell (in stocke) five
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pounds ; vnto Birch Chappell, A house and a little land lately
purchased by the Inhabitants, worth three pounds ten shillings
p ann ; vnto Didsbury, one house and a tenem4., for six yeares
or thereabouts yet to expire, worth ten pounds p Ann ; money
in stocke belonginge to the said Chappell amountinge to the
some of forty eight pounds ; vnto Chorlton Chappell and a
Schoole Mr. [Schoolmaster] joyntly in Stocke sixty nyne
pounds. The names of the psent incumbents of the severall
Chappells are as follow ; vidzt, Mr. JoJm Anger [Angier], Min-
ister at Denton ; Mr. John Wigan, Minister at Birch Chappell ;
Mr. Thomas Clayton, Minister at Diddesbury [Didsbury];
Mr . Richard Benson, Minister at Chorlton (all painfull godly
preachinge Ministers), wch have had some mainteynce out of
the Sequestracons ; but all orders expireinge at Mydsomer,
one thousand six hundred and fifty, there is noe meanes
knowne for them but the Controbucon of the people. And
wee psent that theise Chappells aforesaid are fit to bee made
distinct pishes ; And for the value of theire tyths they are
Comphended wthin the said ffive hundred and ffiftie poundes.
WEE alsoe psent that there is one pishe Church wthin the Barton,
towneshippe of Barton sup Irewell [Irwell] called Eccles
Church, and one Messuage or Dwellinge-house, called the
Viccaredge house, in Barton aforesaid, wth some lands and
gardens \vth theire appurtennces, as alsoe some small Cottages
therevnto belonginge, yeildinge or beinge of late worth, and
soe at psent are worth, the cleare yearely rent of nyneteene
pounds or thereabouts. And that the tyths of the said pishe
of Eccles doth yeild the yearely rent of One hundred sixty
nyne pounds twelve shillings and an halffe penny, the wch hath
formly beene payed to Chrbfer A nderton, Esquirer, then owner
or propriator thereof, or his farmers, lessees, or Assignes;
But now of later tymes are paid vnto the sequetrators or
their Agents (for the Comonwealth), for the said Mr. Andcr-
tons delinquency ; that the Ministers and Pastors of the said
pish Church of Eccles are two ; vidzt, Mr. John Joanes and
Mr. Edmund Joanes, his son, who have for theire Mainteynce
the aforesaid Viccarage house and lands therevnto belonginge
and the Rents of the said Cottages, and have alsoe received
of the said Mr. Anderton the yearely some of eighteen
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pounds; And for three yeares last past the said Mr.John
Joancs hath received from the state the yearly some of fifty
pounds, or thereaboutes, by way of Augmentacon, out of the
Sequestracons of this County; And that there is but one
Chappell wthin the said pish of Eccles, wch is nere the Confines
of the pishe of Leigh and Deane (called Ellenbrooke Chappell),
wch is above foure statute myles and three quarters from the
said pishe Church and about three statute myles distant from
any other Church or Chappell, and fit to bee made a pish, wch
is sometymes supplyed by a preachinge Minister and some-
tymes is wthout and hath noe certen meanes for a Minister
there, but have theire wages from the well effected Neigh-
bourhood thereabouts by voluntary Contribucon ; And wee
jJsent it fit to have a Chappell built wthin Irlam, yl beinge
foure statute myles from the said pish Church : And wee doe
find that there is wthin the said pishe of Eccles some land
lyinge wthin Pendleton, wch was given vnto the Chappell of
Salford, in the pishe of Manchester, by Humfrey BootJi, gent,
th'elder, deceased, wch is held by Thomas Stoppord and John
Makin, who pay the yearely rent of seaventeene pounds and
ten shillinges for the same, beinge pte of the twenty pounds
before menconed to be given to the Minister of Salford and
paid vnto M rs. A nn Booth, Widowe, for the use of the said
Minister at Salford : And wee doe likewise find that Clifton
cu Pendlebury is distant three myles and a halfe, or there-
abouts, from the pishe Church of Eccles, and that pt of the
same towneshippe is most fitt to bee Annexed vnto the
Chappell of Ringley, beeinge esteemed but A myle and a
halfe from Ringley, or thereabouts, and distant from the pishe
Church of Prestwich three myles, or thereabouts ; that the
said pish Church of Eccles is about foure statute myles
from Manchester, Prestwich and Flixton being the next
adioyninge Churches.
Prestwich. ALSOE wee find and present that Edmund Ashton, late of
Chatterton [Chadderton], Esquirer, did as patron psent to the
Rectory and psonage of Prestwich IsaakAllen, Clarke, And that
the Cure of the said Church hath for above six yeares last past
bee supplyed by others, as, namely, by Mr. Langley,MT. Par tor
[Porter], Mr. Furncis, Mr. Breerely ; And that the Cure of
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the said Church hath beene supplyed for almost one yeare last
past by M'\John Lcake, preacher of gods word, who is to have
for his stipend or wages the some of eighty pounds p ann, to
bee payed out of the tyths hereafter herein expressed ; And the
psonage house, the glebe lands, wth the Rents of the tenants,
being Cottagers, are worth ten pounds ffifteene shillings p
ann ; And that the tyths of Prestwiche, two Heatons, Al-
krington, and Tonge are worth aboute forty pounds p ann,
and the proffitts of the tyths of the towneshippe of Pilkinton,
being aboute the halfe of the pishe, are worth aboute forty
three pounds p Ann ; out of all wch said proffitts hath beene
yearely payed in the name of tenths the yearelie Rent of
foure pounds seaventeene shillings fivepence halffe penny
ffarthinge And that the one halfe of all the tyths wthin
Tottington, wthin the pish of Bury, were heretofore given as
a donative to the Rectory of Prestwich, And were heretofore
leased by the said Isaacke Allen to John GreeneJialgJi, late of
Brandlesome, Esquirer (now in the He of Man), for and dure-
inge the naturall lyffe of the said Isaacke Allen, And there is
reserved thereupon to the said Rectory of Prestwich the
yearely rent of six pounds thirteene shillings and foure pence,
as by a rent tally doth appeare ; the totall pfitts of the said
Rectory we conceive worth one hundred and twenty pounds
p Ann ; And wee psent that there is but onely one Chappell
wthin the said pish of Prestwich, called Ringley Chappell,
which was erected and built Anno Dni one thousand six
hundred twenty five, by Mf. Nathan Walworth, of London,
deceased, ffor the good and ease of the hamblett of Outwood,
pcill of Prestwich pishe, And for the Inhabitants of Kersalley
[Kersley], being pcell of the pishe of Deane, and for the sevarall
families within Clifton, hereafter named ; vidzt, Edmund Wal-
wort/is, John Walworths, GeylesHardmans, Will™. Wadsworths,
John Dixsons, Rauffe Seddons, and TJiomas Boardmans, being
Inhabitants wth the pishe of Eccles ; And Ediuard Lomax and
John Hey wood ^ being Inhabitants of Little Leaver, wthin the
pishe of Boulton ; and have all of them repaired thither ever
since the said Chappell was erected ; And the said Mr. Nathan
Walworth did, some fewe yeare after, confirme and enffeoffe
certaine lands in little Benton, in Yorkeshire, fourscoure
myles distant from the said Chappell, to and for the vse of
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the Minister of the same Chappell, of the Cleare yearely value
of sixteene pounds p Ann; And wee f>sent that the said
Chappell is distant from the aforesaid pishe Church of
Prestwich five statute myles, And from the pish Churche ot
Boulton fower myles, and from the pish Church of Eccles above
five myles, And from the pishe Church of Deane above five
myles ; And that the Inhabitants wthin the limytts of Outwood,
Kersley, Clifton, and Little Leaver, beinge all scituated round
about the said Chappell and nere adioyninge to the same are
fit to bee made a pishe : And wee present that Mr. Thomas
Holland, Minister of Gods word, officiates and supplyes the
cure there, and hath for his sallery or yearly mainteynce the
afforesaid some of sixteene pounds p Ann, And did, vntill
the twenty ffirst of December last past, receive, by order from
the late Comittee of this County, twenty five pounds p anfi
by way of Augmentacon of his wages ; And wee find the
hamletts of Alkrington and Tonge, wthin the pishe of Prest-
wich afforesaid, to bee distant from the said pish Church the
furthest pt of them five myles and a halffe, the mydle pt
foure myles and a halffe ; the next pte of the said hamletts to
the said Church is distant three myles and a halffe, and noe
gt of the said Hamletts distant above one myle and a halffe
from the pish Church of Middleton; And wee find all the
Inhabitants in the hamlett of Kersall wthin the pishe of Man-
chester, And the house of Agecrofte within the pishe of
Eccles, and likewise all the Inhabitants of Clifton (except the
famylies before menconed), the furthest of them beinge not
above two myles distant ffrom Prestwich and above three
myles and a halffe from their pish Church of Eccles, fitt to
bee anexed to the pishe of Prestwich.
Flixton. ALSOE WEE fJsent that wthin the towneshippe of Flixton
is scytuate the pish Church of Flixton, aboute the myddle of
the said pish, very convenient for the said Parishioners to
resorte vnto, noe pt of the said pishe beinge distant above
two statute myles from the said Church : there is one Mes-
suage or tente of the yearely value of twenty pounds or
thereabouts, belonging to the said Church, And the tyths of
the pishe and a little hamlett called Shawe are worth aboute
forty two pounds p anfi, And Peter Egerton, Esquirer, is
FLIXTON PARISH. I/
farmer, of the whole benefitte of the said Rectory, by vertue of
a lease from Mr Stockett Lutwich, late Prebent of Litchfield,
deceased, under the Scale of the Deane and Chapter. Mr
Edward Hoolmoore1 supplies the cure there, who is An able
Godly Minister, who for some yeares past hath had and re-
ceived the rents of the said Messuage or Tenem4, wch was
Assigned him by the said Mr Egerton, and the said Minister
hath had and received the said yearely some of sixteene
pounds by way of aughmentacon, by order from the Comitty
for plundred Ministers, wch said sixteene pounds is payed
him by the said Mr Egerton, being a rent reserved to the said
Prebend vpon the said lease (wch said lease was for term of
three lives), whereof two of them are yet in beinge : the said
Church of Flixton is distant from Eccles Church foure statute
myles or thereabouts, and from Streitford [Stretford] Chappell
aboute three statute myles, which are the nearest Churches or
Chappells vnto it.
ALSOE we present that in Urmiston there is neyther Urmiston
Church nor Chappell, nor any Ecclesiasticall benefics (except [Urmston]-
theire tyths, wch are worth aboute twenty seaven pounds p
ann, and payed to Peter Egerton, Esqr, by vertue of the said
lease from the said Prebend of Litchfield). The Inhabitants
of Urmeston resorte vnto Flixton Church, being theire pishe
Church who dwell within two Statute Myles of the said
Church, and are nearer vnto the same then to any other
Church or Chappell.
AND LASTLY wee doe psent, declare, and thinke it meete &
requisite that all and every the severall Churches and Chap-
pells that may bee divyded from or vnyted one to another
or made pishes, and are before in theise or any of theise
psentmts menconed, shalbee pporconablie sepated, divyded,
and severed by mates and bonds, to distinguishe the pcincts
and lifcties of the said pishes and Chappelryes, and that such
:owneshipps and hamletts as lye betwixt any two of the said
Churches and Chappells shall be devyded soe as the Inhabi-
1 This should be Edward Woolmer ; he signed the " Harmonious
Consent " and " the Agreement of the People."
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1 8 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
tants may bee members of such of them as is nearest, and
not necessited to travell further for the benefit of Gods
ordinances then is requisite.
JOHN GILLIAM . (L.S.)1 JAMES ROE (L.S.)
THO: SOROCOLD (L.S.) WILLM. ROBINSON (L.S.)2
ADAM PILKINGTON (L.S.) THO GILBODY (L.S.)
JOHN MARLER (L.S.) ROBTE LOYNSDALL (L.S.)
RAUFFE WORSLEY (L.S.) EDM CHATERTON (L.S.)
HENRY NEILD (L.S.) JAMES ROYLE (L.S.)
FRANCIS WOOD (L.S.) WILLM. OWEN (L.S.)
GEORGE JACKSON (L.S.)
JAMES ASHTON (L.S.)S
THO, BIRCHE (L.S.)
ROB?. MAWDESLEY (L.S.)
RT. STANDISHE (L.S.)
PETER HOLT (L.S.)
Hundred Inquisico Indentat capt apud Mancestriam, in corn Lan-
' castria, coram Richardo Standishe, Jacobo Assheton, Alexandra
Barlowe, Thoma Birche, Robto Mawdesley, Johanne Hartley,
Petro Holte, Afis, et Thoma Cubham, ge&oso, Comissionar
virtute cujusdam comissionis, sub sigillo magno Anglias
eisdem et alijs Comissionar in eodem nominat die Martis,
vietz decimo octavo die Julij, Anno Dni Millesimo sexcen-
tesimo quinquagesimo, p sacrm Jacobi Hallywell de Pike-
house, gen ; Samuelli Hamer de Hamer, gen ; Richardi Schole-
feild de Newbald, gen ; Edwardi Crosley de Alescoles,4 gen ;
Robti Chadwicke de Spotland, gefiros ; Roberti Taylor de But-
terworth, gen ; Jacobi Sheppdfe Whitworth, gen; EdriSoundi*
forth de Ouldham, gen ; Witti Crompton de Crompton, gen ;
Robti Scholes de Chatterton, gen ; Johis Kirkman de Ayns-
worth, gen ; Thome Livesaye de Birch, gen ; Johis Kay de
Thurnham, gen ; Rid Htdton de Middleton, gen ; Thome
J None of these seals contain heraldic impressions.
2 On page 4 this name is given as William Rawlenson, which is correct,
William Rowlinson of Blackley, yeoman, was living in 1697. Probably
William Robinson acted in his absence.
3 These five signatures are on the back of the original MS.
4 Higher and Lower Allerscholes are in the parish of Todmorden.
ROCHDALE PARISH. IQ
Blomeley de Hopwood, gen ; JohisSoundiforth de Deaneshute,
gen ; et Ottiwell A ndrewes de Lees, gen, pbox et legaliu horn
Comitat pet Jur, Qui dicunt et psentant sup sacrm suu in his
verbis Anglicanis sequentibus, vidzt —
WEE psent that Master RoV Booth,1 Viccar of Radchdale Ratchdale
Church, is a godly Minister and well qualified, and supplies
the Cure, saveinge that he did not observe the last fast en-
ioyned by Act of Parliam1, And that hee was psented to the
said Viccarage by the late Archbushoppe of Caunterbury ;
And wee present that the yearely value of the Glebelands,
Rents, and pffitts belonginge to the said Viccarage are as
wee conceive worth one hundred and sixtie pounds p ann or
thereabouts, And that the Impropriate tyths of Castleton,
formerly enioyed by Sr John Birron, late farmer thereof, and
now as wee conceive vnder sequestracon, worth aboute fifty
pounds p ann.
WEE alsoe psent that in Hundersfield there are two Chap- Hunders-
pells, the one of them called Little Brough [Littleborough] e '
Chappell, being distant from the pish Church of Rachdale
aboute three myles and a halffe of Statute measure, And that
Mr Thomas Bradshawe is Minister there and supplies the Cure,
And hath his mainteynce yssueinge out of the tyths of the said
Chappellry, as we conceive, and is a man well qualified, for
anythinge wee knowe ; And wee psent and thinke fitt that
the said Chappell bee made a pishe Church, comphendinge
the Antient Bounderies ; And wee pV that the other Chappell
wthin Hundersfield aforesaid is a pochiall Chappell, called
Todmerden [Todmorden] Chappell, is distant from the pish
Church of Rachdale afforesaid eight myles, And that Mr
Francis Core is Minister there, and hath for his sallery one
little house built by the Inhabitants, with six shillings eight
pence p ann, the tyths whereof are Impropriate and vnder
sequestracon, as wee conceive ; And wee psent that the said
Mr Core is a man not well qualyfied, but scandalous in lyffe
and conversacon ; And wee psent that the said Impriate tythes
1 Robert Bath was the Vicar of Rochdale at this date,— a clerical error
has made it into Booth.
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20 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
wthin Hundersfield aforesaid were forrSly enjoyed by Sr John
Birron, late farmer thereof, Amount to the some of a hundred
pounds p Ann or thereabouts, as wee conceive ; the tyths
wthih the said Chappelry of Todmerden are worth twenty
pounds p ann, pte of the before menconed some of one
hundred pounds, wch the said Mr Core enioyeth ; And that the
Chappell afforesaid is frit to bee made a pishe Church, Compre-
hendinge the bounderies thereof as followeth ; vidzt, from the
Salter Rake1 to the Rooeinge stone, from thence to the Dove
Lane stone, from thence to the Hallowe Pinne, from thence to
Addingden [Allenden] sike, from thence to stuble [Stubley]
crosse, from thence to Goodhill, from thence to an old ditch
on the east side of Vggshute [Hogshead], from thence to
Sherneyfoore [Sharney Ford], from thence to Healden, from
thence to Willowinge Coates, from thence followinge the
water to Toddmerden, and from thence by Lower swyne side
to Salterrake againe.
Spotland. ALSOE wee psent that in Spotland there is one Chappell
called Whitworth Chappell, beinge distant from the pish
Church of Rachdale aboute three myles and three quarters,
and that Mr George Stott is Minister there, and hath for his
sallary one house and one acre of ground or thereabouts, of
the yearely value of twenty shillings, being a gift to the said
Chappell by the said Inhabitants, And hath out of the Im-
propriate tyths, wch are under sequestracon, as wee conceive,
aboute twenty six pounds p Ann payd by the said Inhabi-
tants, and wee present that the said Stott is well qualifyed, for
anythinge wee knowe ; And we present it fit that Whitworth
Chappell aforesaid bee made a pish Church, and the bon-
deries thereof to bee from the Hadies Downe to the Clough
house, and soe allonge after the water called Knowsike past-
stid [past Stid], and soe betwixt Stid and Rydings,includeinge
wthin the Chappelry the houses of John Milne, vx Jacobi Stott,
and Robte Roydes, of Hundersfield ; and from the stid to a
place called Hasleroode, and soe to Smalshawe and to the
Sike Bancke, and from thence to Nadenheard, and from thence
to Trough Yate, soe to Vgshutt [Hogshead], and thence to the
1 Part of the old Highway from Rochdale to Burnley was known as
Sailer's Gate and on Blackstone Edge, is a place still called Salter Edge.
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said Hades ; And wee psent that the Impropriate tyths
wthin Spotland afforesaid were formerly enjoyed by Sr John
Birron, late farmer thereof, and now as wee conceive are vnder
sequestracon, are worth aboute sixty five pounds p Ann.
ALSOE wee present that in Butterworth there is one Chap- Butter-
pell called Mildrow Chappell, being distant from pish Church wort '
of Rachdale aboute two myles and thirty roods, And
that the same is further distant from any other Church or
Chappell, and that Mr John Pollett is Minister there, and
supplies the Cure, and hath heretofore had for his sallery fifty
pounds p ann, yssueinge out of the Impropriate tyths in But-
terworth, being vnder sequestracon as wee conceive, together
wth the Afiuell rent of foure pounds ten shillings, being a Gift
formerly given out of the said Impropriate tyths (by Srjohn
Birron, as wee are informed) ; And wee psent that the Impro-
priate tythes of Butterworth afforesaid were formerly enjoyed
by Sr John Birron, late farmer thereof, and are worth aboute
sixty six pounds thirteene shillings foure pence p Ann ; And
wee think it fit to bee made a pish Church comprehended
wthin the Bonds as followeth ; vidzt — Coldgreave and the
Blakegate, the Wyndiehills, theise beinge three myles from the
said Chappell, Scholefield and greate Clegge and Belfield, the
Digge Yate haughe and Oggden ; all theise places are nearer
the Myldrowe then any other Church ; And wee psent that
the said M? Pollett is a godly orthodox Minister and well
qualified.
ALSOE wee psent that wthin the pish of Ashton there is Ashton.
one pish Church and one psonage, and that Mr John Har-
rison is pson of the pish Church of Ashton and supplies the
Cure, and that hee is An Orthodox painfull able Minister;
And that there belongs to the said pishe Church of Asshton
one psonage house and certaine tenaments, wth twenty Acres
of land or thereabouts, amonting to the yearely value of
thirteene pounds six shillings eightpence, And that the rents,
profitts, and tyths are yearely worth one hundred pounds,
whereof the some of thirteene pounds seaven shillings nyne
pence (is payed) & ptended by prescripcon ; And wee
psent that the said Mr John Harrison was put into the afore-
22 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
said benefice by the pliamente, And that S? George Booth,
knight and Barronet, hath fondly psented Ministers to the
Cure, And that the aforesaid Mr Harrison receives the afore-
said hundred and thirteen pounds six shillings eight pence p
ann ; And wee present that the tyth corne of such lands wch
pay the said pscripcon money, if they were payed in kind
are worth nought, but they pay fifteene pounds p ann as wee
conceive; Wee further psent that Alt Edge, wthin the said
pishe of Asshton, is distant from the pishe Churche of
Asshton aboute three myles and a halfe, and three myles
from the pish Church of Ouldam, and not soe neare any
other Church or Chappell ; in wch place wee thinke fit that a
pish Church should bee built, and that all wthin the boun-
deries followinge should be appropriated to the new ^tended
Church ; vidzt, to begin at the divycon where Lancashire,
Yorkshire, and Cheshire meet in Mossley Hamlett, and fol-
lowinge the little Brooke wch devydes Lancashire and York-
shire till it come to the pish of Ouldham, wch is at a place
called Watergate Milne, then down the divicon betwixt
Ouldham pish and Asshton pish to the pke, thence to Althill,
thence to Lilly Lanes, thence to Knot Hill, thence to Otts1
vpon Lusley, thence downe to Barnard Wilds to the Water,
includinge Mosley, thence vp the River to the meetinge of
the three shires aforesaid.
WEE alsoe Jsent that in the pishe of Ouldam there is
one pish Church, and that Mr Robte Constantine supplyes
the Cure, And that hee is An Orthodox minister and well
qualliffyed in lyffe and conversacon, And put to officiate at
Ouldam by Order from the Comittie of plundered Ministers,
as wee belive, and that he should have for his sallery one
hundred pounds p ann out of the tyths in the same pish, but
it is not all payed him as yett ; And wee psent the tyths of
the said pish to bee worth one hundred and forty pounds
p Ann; And wee present that in the said pishe of Ouldam
there is one Chappell, scituate in the towneshippe of Crompton,
called Shawe Chappell, beinge distant from the said pish
Church of Ouldam two myles three quarters twenty foure
1 An abbreviation of Alt Hill, which is often pronounced as Otle or
OthiL
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poles or thereabouts, and that the same is not soe neare any
other Church or Chappell ; And that the Cure was supplyed
by Mr Robte Symon, and hee should have had after the Rate
of forty pounds p Ann for his sallery out of the tyths in
Ouldam pish aforesaid but hath not received all that doth
belong to him as yett ; And wee present that for the space
of three saboth dayes last the Cure hath beene done by such
as the Inhabitants did provyde, and for present there is noe
Minister; And wee present that the said Chappell is fitt
to bee made a pish Church, and the boundaries of the said
pish to bee as followeth ; vidzt, the whole towneshippe of
Crompton and out of the towneshippe of Ouldam all Shover
[Sholver], And out of the towneshippe of Royton the high
syde1 Colishawe [Cowlishaw], Newtons and Willm Wilds and
theire tents, and out of the pish of Ratchdale George Milnes
and Edmund Wylds ; And wee find that theise severall Mes-
suages, tenements, and Cottages in the pish of Asshton, in the
several tenures or occupations of John Soundiforth, John Lees,
Edward Holts, and Thomas Hey woods, Anthonie Asmulls,
Lawrence Wrights, Willm. Wrights, Caleb Mar land, vx Joseph
Wyld, Edmund Fitton, and Myles Goddart are fitt to be
appropriated to the pish Church of Ouldam.
WEE alsoe psent that in the pish of Middleton there is Middleton.
one pish Church and that Mr Will™ Asshton is pson thereof,
and was psented to the same by Rauffe Ashton, of Middleton,
esquirer ; And we psent that the psonage house and glebe
lands belonginge to the psonage of Middleton is worth forty
pounds p Ann, And that the rents of the tenants belonginge
to the said psonage are worth foure pounds ffive shillings
p ann, whereof nyne shillings is received out of Ouldam
pishe ; and wee doe further psent that the tyths and pscripcon
Rents belonginge to the said psonage are worth one hundred
eighty eight pounds twelve shillings foure pence p ann; And
wee present that the said Mr Asshton doth supply the Cure
at Middleton very weakely and gives no satisfaccon to his
1 The meaning of this passage is not very clear, — it may mean the
higher side of Royton and Colishawe Newton's house, or Cowlishaw
(a place in Royton) and Newton's house. If the former, it does not mean
that Newton's Christian name was Colishawe, but that he lived there.
24 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
Congregacon, neyther expounds any Chapter or Psalme, nor
Catechise the youth of the said pish ;x And wee psent that
the said Rauffe Asshton, Esquier, hath in demesne lands
aboute three hundred Acres in Middleton, for wch hee never
payd any tyth that wee know of, nor anythinge in lewe thereof ;
And wee conceive that the tyth thereof is worth ten pounds
p ann or thereabouts ; And wee psent that Sr Orlando
Bridgman hath the tyth of Great Leaver in the said pish, wch
tyth wee are Informed is worth eight pounds p ann, And
that hee payes to the said Mr Will™ Asshton but three
pounds one shillinge and foure pence p ann for the same,
vpon a ptended pscripcon, and that the said Greate Leaver is
distant from the pish of Middleton aboute nyne myles, And
lyeth aboute halffe a myle from Boulton and Deane Churches,
and fit to bee annexed to the next pishe Church ; And wee
find and pJsent that Alkrington and Tonge, beinge pt of
Prestwich pishe ought to bee taken from Prestwich and
appropriated to Middleton pish, and alsoe theise messuages,
Cottages, and tenements in the severall tenures or occupacons
of Edmund Kay, Thomas Kay, Edmund Heywood, Oates
Hulme, John Wrigley, Lawrence Gaskin, Roger Johnson, Ed-
mund Byron, Richard Haworth, Wtllm.Henton, RicJiard Ogden,
and Anthony Heywood, lyinge wthin Prestwich ; And alsoe that
theise lands, messuages, and tenements lyinge wthin Ouldam
pishe ought to bee taken from Ouldam pish and appro-
priated to the pish of Middleton, wch are in the several tenures
of these psons ; that is to say, Chadderton hall and the demesne
lands belonginge to James Ass/ieton, Esquier, TJiomasH or rocks,
Richard SchoJes, James Schoules, James Hall, James Taylor,
Peter Heald,John Mond, Thomas Ogden, John ScJwles, Thomas
Taylor, Richard Buerdsall, and John Buckley. And we psent
and find that at the tyth Barne in Thornham Hamell, wthin
the said pish of Middleton, is a fit place to have a pish Church
built, beinge distant from Middleton Church two Myles and a
halfe and fifty six poles, or thereabouts, And that it is further
distant from any other Church or Chappell ; and wee find
that all the hamell of Thornham (except two Messuages and
1 The Lambeth MS. has a copy of a certificate by the Commissioners
in favour of Mr. Wm. Ashton inserted here. (See Appendix.)
MIDDLETON PARISH. 25
tenament now in the tenure of James Taylor and Hugh
Hilton) should be appriated to the new pish Church to bee
erected at Thornham Barne as aforesaid ; and wee find that
all the Messuages, tenements, and Cottages wch are in the
pishe of Ratchdale, and in the several tenures or Occupacons
of Will™ Whitworth, widowe Barlowe, John Streete, and late
of John Holte deceased, Abel Roads tenement called Sandhole,
Thomas Pollett, Gabriell Tayler, Henry Wild and his tene-
ments, Ro'bte Wild and Edmund Fitton, should bee taken from
Rathdale pishe and Appropriated to Thornham pishe ; And
wee find that Thorpe, wch is in the pishe of Ouldham, should
bee appropriated to Thornham pishe ; And wee find that the
Messuages and tenements of John Maden and RoDte Maden,
of Hopwood, should bee Appropriated to Thornham pish ;
And wee psent and find that at a place called the end of
Streethough in Pilsworth, wthin the pish of Middleton, is a
fit place to have a newe pishe Church Built, beinge distant
from Prestwich Church foure myles and upwards, from Bury
Church three myles and upwards, from Hey wood Chappell
three myles and vpward ; And that Middleton Church is furthr
distant then eyther of the aforesaid Churches ; And wee find
that all the severall Messuages, tenemts, and Cottages wthin
the hamell of Pilsworth (except fames Hardmans and Richard
Taylors Messuages and tenements) should bee appropriated
to the pish Church to bee built in Pilsworth afToresaid ; And
the severall messuages, Cottages, and tenements in Unsworth
hamell wthin the pishe of Prestwich, wch are in the severall
tenures or occupacons of Rofite Barlowe, John Gaskin, widowe
Barlowe, Rauffe Smyth, John Rowe, James Lomax, Willm
Kenion, Thomas Smethurst, Olliver Smethurst, Francis
Smethurst, Thomas Briddocke, James Smethurst, George
Taylor, Rauffe Heaton, Roger Tayler, Richard Symon, Rauffe
Platt, Edmund Barlowe, Rdtite Smethurst, Richard Heaton,
James Wardle, John Collenge, Will"1 Carter, John Carter,
Edward Barlow, Widdowe Kaye, Anne Blacklowe, Rauffe
Crompton, Robte Parr, James Greenalgh, James Wardle Senr,
Henry Broughton, Richard Holte, John Holte, Roger Booth,
and Jane Sutton, are fitt to bee taken from Prestwich pish
and appropriated to the newe pish of Pilsworth. And wee
find that the Messuages, Cottages, and tenemts in Whittle in
26 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
the pish of Bury, in the severall tenures or occupacons ofFar-
dinando Standley, gent., Will™ Langley, gent., James Bar-
lowe, gent., Richard Bar lowe, and John Holte, are fitt to be
appropriated to the new pish of Pilsworth aforesaid. And
wee psent that there is in the said pish of Middleton one
Chappell called Assh worth Chappell, beinge distant from
Middleton Church six myles or thereabouts, and from Rach-
dale foure myles or thereabouts, And from Bury Church
foure myles and eight poles or thereabouts ; And that the
said Chappell is fit to be made a pishe Church ; And that
MT Henry Pendlebury, A godlie Orthodox minister well quali-
fyed, was late Minister there and supplyed the Cure, but hath
ceased to officiate at Asshworth Chappell for want of main-
teynce, and for present there is not any minister there. And
wee find that all Assheworth and Birkly [Birtle] Hamletts
(except some messuages and tents now in the severall tenures
or occupacons of Mr Richard Meadowcroft, James Haworth of
Sillinghurst, Peter Livesay, James Kay of Gindle, James
Kay of Broad Carr, and Thomas Toppinge], are fit to bee
appropriated to Asshworth pish. And wee find that these
Messuages, tenements, and Cottages in Bamford, in the
severall tenures of Henry Pendlebury, John Hardman, Francis
Holte, Thomas Birch, Ro~bte Dixson, Edward Chadwicke,
Richard Meadowcrofte, James Fenton, and Bamford Hall and
demesne lands, are fit to bee appropriated to Ashworth
pishe. And wee find that the Messuages, tents, & Cottages
in Rachdale pishe, wch are in the severall tenures or occu-
pacons of John Woolstonholme, TJwmas Redferne, John Chad-
wicke, Jonathan Chadwicke, Thomas Hardman, John Hardman,
Will™ Meadowcrofte, John Sc/iolefield, Lawrence Hardman,
James Scholefield, Will™ Kay, Rotte Roydes, Richard Ha-
worth, Henrie Hardman, vx? Thomas Hamar, James Haworth,
Peter Leach, Thomas Chadwicke, James Wardleworth, Will™
Holte, Martha Redferne, James Shepp'd, James Hardman,
Gabriell Redferne, vxT Henry Hopwood, John Hopwood, Ar-
thure Bentley, Henry Lees, John Chadwicke, vxr Samuell Greene,
Frances Kay, James Marcrofte, TJwmas Meadowcroft, Frances
Holte, James Kay, Denis Kay, Edmund Heywood and John
Heywood, John Marcrofte, Jonathan Milne, John Cheetam,
James Clegg, John Haworth, John Belfield, and George Milne,
MIDDLETON PARISH. 2/
are ffit to bee appropriated to Asshworth pish Church. And
wee psent that there is one other Chappell in Middleton pish
aforesaid called Cocky [Cockey] Chappell, beinge distant from
Middleton Church nyne myles and a quarter or thereabouts,
And from Bury Church three myles or thereabouts, And from
Boulton Church three myles and vpwards, And from Rat-
cliffe Church about three myles ; And that Mr Peter Brad-
shawe, an orthodox able Minister well approved of, is Minister
at Cockey Chappell And supplyes the Cure, And hath for
his sallery One Messuage and six acres of land, lately en-
closed out of Cocky Moore, beinge a gift given to the said
Chappell towards the mainteynce of the Minister there by
Rauffe Asskton, of Middleton, Esqr, of the yearly value of
forty shillings, and what more the Inhabitants will voluntarily
give him ; And wee present and find that the said Chappell is
fit to bee made a pish Church. And wee find all Aynsworth
hamell, wch is in Myddleton pishe, is fit to bee appropriated vnto
the said pish Church of Cockey ; And that all the Messuages,
tenements, and Cottages in Haslomeheigh [Haslam Hey], in
the pish of Bury, in the severall tenures or Occupacons of
John Meadowcrofte, James Unswortk, Richard Holte, Ellis
Holte, John Smyth, Thomas Lomax, Michaell Bentley, Widow
Greenhalgh, And Edward Holte, are fitt to bee appropriated
to the said pishe Church of Cocky ; And wee find that theise
Messuages, tenements, and Cottages in Harwood, in the pish
of Boulton [Bolton], in the several tenures or occupacons of
Mr John Bradshawe, Anthony Holme, Richard Meadowcrofte,
Rauffe Nabb, Richard Holme, John Lomax, Adam Hilton,
And in Brightmett, in the pishe of Boulton, in the tenure or
occupacon of George Tonge, Robte Tonge, Edmund Sanderson,
fames Sanderson J if, James Crompton, Henry Lomax, Henry
Crompton, Thomas Haslome, Thomas Crompton, Rauffe Cromp-
ton, James Bradshawe, Rauffe Makand, Rauffe Greenhalghe,
John Aynsworth, Will™ Bromeley,John Renjord, Willm Wood,
Rauffe Crompton, Thomas Crompton, And in Little Leaver and
Dercy Leaver [Darcy Lever], in the said pish of Boulton, in
:he tenure or occupacon of Richard Heywood, John Tayler,
Widdowe Grundy, Jonathan Tonge, Adam Crompton, Adam
Whittle, And Thomas Crompton, are fit to be Appropriated to
he new pishe of Cockey.
28 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
AND LASTLY, wee doe psent, declare, and thinke it meete
and requisite that all and every the severall Churches and
Chappells that may bee divided from, or annexed one to
another, or made pishes, And are before in theise or any of
theise psentm*3 menconed, shall bee pporconablie sepated,
divyded, and severed by mates and bonds to distinguishe the
pscincts and libties of the said pishes and Chappelries ; And
that such towneshipps and hamletts as lye betwixt any two
of the said Churches and Chappells shall be divyded soe as
the Inhabitants may bee members of such of them as is
nearest, and not necessitated to travell further for the benefite
of gods ordinances then is requisite.
JAMES HALLYWELL (L.S.) THO. BLOMELEY (L.S.)
SAMUELL HAMER (L.S.) RICH. HILTON 1 (L.S.)
Jo. SANDIFFORTH (L.S.) JAMES SHEPPD. (L.S.)
RICHARD SCOLFIELD (L.S.) EDWARD SOUNDIFORTH (L.S.)
ROBTE CHADWICKE (L.S.) EDWARD CROSLEY (L.S.)
JOHN KAY (L.S.) ROBTE SCHOLLES (L.S.)
THO. LIVESAYE (L.S.) JOHN KIRKMAN (L.S.)
OTTIWELLANDREWE(L.S.) WILLM. CROMPTON (L.S.)
ROBTE TAYLOR (L.S.)
Ri. STANDISHE (L.S.)
JAMES ASSHETON (L.S.)
THO. BIRCHE (L.S.)
ROBT. MAWDESLEY (L.S.)
PETER HOLTZ (L.S.)
£USalfoJd InQuisico indentat cap? apud Mancestriam, in Com Lan-
' castria, coram Richardo StandisJu, Jacobo Assheton, Alexandra
Barlowe, Thoma Birche, Robto Mawdesley, Jofi Hartley, Petro
Holte, Aris, et Thoma Cub/tarn, ge&oso, Comissionar virtute
cujusdem commissionis sub sigillo magno Anglic eisdem et
1 On page 19 given Hulton.
2 The seals are simply small patches of common wax ; some bear the
impress (more or less obliterated) of common seals, others appear to
have been pressed with the thumb.
RADCLIFFE PARISH. 29
alijs Comissionar in eodem nominat die Mercuris, vidzt,
decimo nono die Julij, Anno Dni Millesimo, sexcentesimo
quinquagesimo, p sacrm TJwme WJiiteJiead, de Bury, gen ;
Georgij Cheetam, de Turton, gen ; Rid Meadowcrofte, de
Brightmett, gen ; Thome Boardman, de Boulton, gen ; Thur-
stani Parr, de Rivington, gen ; Henrici Harte, de Blackrode,
gen ; Henrici Seddon, de Heaton, gen ; Borah Markland, of
Westhaughton, gen ; Thome Nuttall, de Tottington, gen ;
TJwme Browne, de Holecome, gen ; Joins Cowpe, de Assheton-
bothom, gen ; ffrancisci Is/ierwood, de Walmesley, gen ;
Tlwme Holte, de Heywood, gen ; Lawrencij ffletcher, de
Redimus [? Red Moss], gen ; TJwme Eckarsell, de Bury,
gen ; TJwme Smyth, de RadclifFe, gen ; et Gulielmi Green-
halgh, de Horwich, gen, probox et legaliu homifi Com Jur.
Qui dicunt et presentant sup sacrm suu in his verbis Angli-
canis sequentibus, vidzt :
WEE present that Rauffe Ashton, of Middleton, Esquier, as Radcliffe.
patron of the pish Church of Ratcliffe, aboute sixe yeares agoe
did bestowe the said psonage wth the benefices and apptennces
therevnto belonginge, vpon Mr Thomas Pike, Batchlor of
Arts, who is now Rector of the said Church : there is in glebe
lands belonginge to the said Rectory twenty pounds p Ann,
nd in Rents thirty shillings p Ann, And in tyths twenty
eight pounds ten shillings p Ann. And the said MT Pike
is a godly preachinge Minister, well quallifyed in lyffe and
conversacon ; And that the demesne lands belonginge to the
said Mr Ashton, in Radcliffe afforesaid, are worth one hun-
dred and fiftie pounds p Ann, And hath not payd any tythes
for ought wee knowe ; And that the said MT Pyke hath and
doth receive the said benefites and pffitts to his owne prop
vse. And the said Church is distant from Cockey Chappell
three myles or thereabouts, And from Bury Church three
myles or thereabouts, And from Prestwich Church foure
myles or thereabouts ; And that there is not any neede of
erecting a new Church or Chappell wthin the same pishe.
And that there is wthin Pilkington in Prestwich pishe theise
famylies followinge that Resorte vsually to the said Church
of Radcliffe ; vidzt, John Davenports, Margarett Davenporte,
kvidowe, the ffamily And Occupants of RicJiard Kenions
30 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
tefite, the ffamily of Peter Walker, Roger Walkers, James
Walkers, Thomas FletcJiers, Henry Siddalls, Mary Radcliffes,
via*, Richard Walkers self, Richard Walkers Jur, Lawrence
Carters, John Blakelows, John Cromptons, Willm Barlowes,
Richard Raivsthornes, James Scholefields ; And in Little Leaver
[Lever] the ffamilyes of Rauffe Sftarples, Richard Sharpies,
John Sharpies, George Aynsworth, John Leadbeater, James
Rothwell, John Mason, Thomas Mason, John Hey wood ; all
these are nearest adiacent and wthin two statute myles vnto
the said Church of Radcliffe, and fitt to bee vnyted to the
said pishe.
Boulton ALSOE we ^sent that there is a pish Church wthin Boulton,
[Bolton] ancj a Man£on house, and Certen gleabe lands therevnto
belonging and enioyed wth the same, and sixe little Cottages
alsoe belonginge to the same, of the yearely rent of three
pounds, in the possession of Mr John Harp [Harper] and
Mr Richard Goodwyn, jJsent Incumbents of the same Church,
by and wth the eleccon and consent of all or most of the
pishioners in the same pish, and are men of able pts and
godly preachinge Ministers, and constantly teach on the
Lordes dayes and lecture dayes, but did not observe the last
fast day appointed by Act of pliament ; and doe receive the
profitts of the said Mancon house and of the said Cottages,
and have received yearely the some of nyne pounds or there-
abouts from the Agents of Sequestracons vpon the delin-
quency of Chrbfer A nderton, of Lostocke, Esqr, farmer of the
said rectory of Boulton for terme of lives, but whether deter-
myned or not wee doe not know, and the residue of theire
sallery hath beene hitherto payed vnto them yearely of the
free Contribucon of the Congregacon att Boulton ; And that
there are two closes of land in the possession of MT Thomas
Leaver, who hath a Contract of a Lease from the said Mr
Anderton for one and twenty yeares, wch lease did comence
in May, one thousand six hundred thirty two, of the yearely
rent of thirteene shillings foure pence, payed to the said
Agents for terme of three yeares or thereabouts yet in beinge,
wch are worth in possession Eight pounds p ann at the
least; one tenement in the possession of Roger Foster,
formerly leased out by the said MT Anderton or his An-
BOLTON PARISH. 31
cestors for terme of some yeares, wch wee beleeve are expyred,
of the yearely rent of fifteene shillings foure pence halffe-
penny, \vch is very well worth twenty three pounds p ann in
possession; one other tefite in the possession of Peter Brooke,
widow Brooke his mother, and MT John Oakey, likewise
formerly leased by the said MT Anderton or his Ancestors
for some number of yeares, wch wee believe are alsoe expired,
of the yearely rent of fifteene shillings four pence halfife-
penny, and is very well worth twenty foure pounds p ann in
possession ; and one other messuage and tefite in the posses-
sion of George Norres, likewise leased out to him by the said
Mr Anderton for one and twenty yeares, whereof there are
eight yeares or thereabouts vnexpyred, of the yearely rent of
six shillings eight pence, and is very well worth eight pounds
p ann in possession. And that the said yearly rents be-
longinge to the said Rectory have beene payed to the said
Agents for the delinquency of the said Mr Anderton; and
that the tyth Corne and privy tythes wthin the towne of
Boulton are worth six pounds p ann ; And that the Inhabi-
tants in Brightmet [Breighmet] doth pay for theire tyth
Corne the yearly some of one pound six shillings eight
pence by way of ^scripcon, well worth to be payed in kind
eight pounds p ann ; and that Mr Alexander Norres doth
pay the yearely some of five shillings eight pence, And the
rest of the Inhabitants wthin thehamell of Tonge doe pay the
yearly some of three shillings by way of pscripcon for the
tyth Corne wthin Tonge, well worth to bee payed in kind
six pounds p Ann. And the Occupiers of the Haugh
[Haulgh] adioyneing to Tonge doe pay the yearely some of
eleaven shillings eight pence by way of prescripcon for the
tyth Corne therevpon aryseinge and growinge, well worth to
bee paid in kind foure pounds p ann ; And that Giffite
Ireland, Esquier, doth pay the yearely some of six shillings
eight pence by way of Ascription for the tyth Corne wthin
Little Boulton, wch is worth six pounds p ann ; And that
Mr Orlando Bridgman payed the some of twelve pence p
ann for a chancell in Boulton Church, all wch (said rents1)
belonginge to the said Rectory are payed to the said Agents
1 Lambeth Library copy. In the original MS. the words are wanting.
32 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
for the said Mr Andertons delinquencie, and (that there1) is
some lands given by Mr Goosenargh? late Minister of
Boulton, to the said towne towards the mainteynce of a con-
stant lecturer at Boulton, at the yearely rent of twenty five
shillings or thereabouts, vpon certen condicons wherevpon a
sute now is dependinge in the hoble Court of Duchy Chamber
at Westmr. And that there is tyths of good value in Shar-
pies, wch Mr Holland claymes to belonge to him and payes
aboute (two1) shillings p anfi by way of prescripcon. And
that there is wthin the said pish of Boulton five Chappells,
vidzt, Walme^sley, (Bradshawe1), Turton, Rivington, and
Blackrod, distant severall myles from the said pish Church, as
hereafter foll(owethj).
Turton. ALSOE wee f?sent that there is wthin Turton wthin the pish
of Boulton (two1) Chappells, the one of them called Turton
Chappell and the other called Walmesley Chappell, distant
the one from the other two statute myles and a halfe, and
distant from the pish Church of Boulton five myles, and
(some pte of1) Turton is distant from Boulton nyne myles or
thereabouts, and that the said two Chappells are fit to bee
made a pish, and to have theire bounderies and severall
pcincts allotted to them as formly they (have had, and maye
be for1) the most conveniencies and benefits of the In-
habitants resorting to them; And that Mr James Livesay
officiates at Turton, a painfull godly orthodox minister, And
was elected by the vnanimous consent of the congregacon of
Turton, and hath in pte of his sallery the intrest of twenty
shillings, now in the hand of John Wood, and given towards
mainteynce of a Minister at Turton by one Widows Haiglie,
deceased, and that the residue of his wages and sallary
are payed vnto him by the ffree gifte and contribucon of
the congregacon ; And that Mr Micliaell Briscoe, a godly
and painfull Minister, did officiate at the said Chappell by
order from the Comittie of plundered Ministers, and was
outed by some of the Chappelry that did not effect him,
1 Lambeth Library copy.
2 The founder of this Lectureship was the Rev. James Gosnell [not
Goosenarghe] : his Will is quoted in Canon Raines's Notitia Cestriensis,
vol. i. p. 9.
BOLTON PARISH. 33
And hath had forty pounds or thereabouts allowed him by
the said Comittee from Walmsley Chappell afforesaid. And
that there is in stocke sixty pounds or thereabouts, to be
disposed of towards mainteynce of a minister at Walmsley
Chappell, in the hands of Will™ Stones, of Sharpies, John
Welch, of Turton, James Sharrocke, of Turton, and others ;
and that the tyths wthin Turton and Longworth afforesaid
are (as wee conceive) worth forty pounds p Ann, And are
received by Mr Humffrey Clieetam and Mr TJwmas Long-
worth, or their Assignes, and payes thirty five shillings by
way of prescripcon.
ALSOE wee psent that wthin Bradshaw there is a Chappell, Bradshaw.
distant from the pish Church of Boulton three myles or
thereabouts, And from Turton Chappell aboute three myles ;
And that the Chappell of Bradshawe aforesaid ought to bee
made a pish, and to consist of all Blackshawe, saveing Wesh-
fould and the Birches, all Harwood, pt of Turton, vidzt, The
greate Oake, the little Oake, the Timber bothom ; And wee
present that MT Felgate (A man of A Civill Cariage) officiats
at the said Chappell by the eleccon of the congregacon, And
that there is noe meanes belonginge to the said Chappell but
of the voluntary contribucon of the Congregacon, And that
there is payed by the Inhabitants of Harwood, by way of
prescripcon, the some of twenty six shillings eight pence for
tyth Corne worth six pounds p anfi, And payed out of
Bradshaw by John Bradshawe, Esquier, twelve shillings foure
pence, and out of Hordron1 and pt of Sharpies the some of
eight shillings two pence by way of pscripcon for and in lewe
of tyth Corne wch is worth foure pounds p ann, all wch said
somes are payed yearly unto the Agents for sequestracon for
MT Andertons delinquencie ; And likewise some small privy
tyths, worth aboute thirty shillings p ann, payed alsoe to the
said Agents. The whole tyths of Bradshawe beeinge received
by the said John Bradshawe, Esquier, wee conceive are worth
sight pounds p ann.
ALSOE wee psent that there is wthin Blackrodd, wthin the Blackrode
?ish of Boulton, one Chappell, called Blackrode Chappell, tBlackrodl
1 No doubt Quarlton is the correct reading.
D
34 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
lyinge in A Corner of the Hundred of Salford, Leyiand
hundred lyinge on the one side and Derbye on the other, and
distant from the pish Church of Boulton six myles by our
Comon Accoumpt, And quite severed from the same by
Deane pish lyinge betweene Blackrode and Boulton, and is
distant from Wigan three myles, from Standish three myles,
from Chorley foure myles, and from Deane Church five
myles ; And that the said Chappell of Blackrodd is ffitt to
bee made a pishe Church, and to have MT Anderton of An-
derton his tenants (exceptinge Will1"' Rothwell and Roger
Rothwell} to bee ioyned therevnto, And likewyse pt of
Adlington,1 to witt, Will™ Rothwells, Rauffe Worthingtons,
Lawrence Breares, George Allensons, T/iomas Frances, Raph
Ashalls, Will™ Fosters, pt of Haigh,1 as Peter Lowes, Roble
Lees, Jeffrey Peningtons, Richard Moncks, James Lees, Tlwmas
Rothwells, Richard Jepsons, AtJterton Heatons, Willm Enes-
cowes, Tuckershill house, and James Greaves ; and pte of
Aspull,2 as Collonel Joseph Rigby, Roger Rycrofts Brooke-
house, Henry Andertons, James Brownes, Robte Gortons,
Richard Highfields, Peter Bradleys, and Robte Brownes, all
these beinge neare Inhabitants, and most of them constant
comers to the said Chappell, and all of them beinge wthin a
statute myle and a halffe of the said Chappell ; And that
M r Gerrard Browne officiats at Blackrodd, a painfull godly
and orthodox Minister and a man of pious liffe and conver-
sacon, and hath for his sallery foure pounds p anfi, vsually
paid by the Receiver at the audite, and payed to the
ministers at Blackrode, and a donative of sixteene shillings,
being the Intrest of ten pounds p anfi wch was given by
Richard Turner of Haigh, deceased, and is in the hands of
George Taylor of Blackrode, who hath given security for the
same unto Nicholas Turner of the place afforesaid, who
receives it yearely and payes it to the said Minister. That
the tyths are yearely worth twenty pound p ami, and have
beene Anciently payed vnto Mr Anderton of Lostocke, and
since his delinquency are taken for the vse of the publike.
Rivington. ALSOE wee psent that there is wthin Rivington one paro-
chiall Chappell, wch is eight myles distant from the pishe
1 In Standish parish. 2 In Wigan parish.
RIVINGTON PARISH. 35
Church of Boulton, three myles from Blackrode, five statute
myles at least from Walmersley [Walmsley], and seaven from
Turton ; and that Lostocke vsually beareth a fourth pte with
the towne of Rivington, and every fourth year findeth a Church-
warden ; And Heath Charnocke and Anderton (although in
Standishe pish) yet are foure myles distant from theire parish
Church, and are nere adioyninge vnto Rivington, pte whereof
lye wthin sixty or eighty statute poles thereof; and doe
thinke fit the families hereafter named (beinge), they vsually
resort to the said Chappell of Rivington vpon all occasions,
may bee vnyted to the said Chappell, vidzt, in Anderton John
Horrobins, Alex? Greenes, Robte Andertons, Tlwmas Rimng-
tons, Hugh Nightgales [Nightingales], Thomas Johnsons, Joseph
Worthingtons, Robte Fosters, George Greenes, widowe Symms,
Rauffe HougJts, Robte Fosters senr ; and in Charnocke, J/r
Peter Shawes, A lexander Fieldens, RicJiard Blackeleach, Ed-
ward Taylor, Roger Rainford, James Jollys, Richard Croftons,
the family of lower Crofton, James Brindles, John Vause,
Thurslan Tayler, widowe Shawe, The Inhabitants of the hall
of the hill,1 Roger Blomely, Richard Brownelowe, Mr Goodens,
Robert Allensons, Richard Fosters, Edward Baxters, widowe
Fosters, Ellis Rycrofts, T]wmas Haldsworth, Christopher
Brindles, NicJwlas Hiltons, Richard Popes, and Henry SmytJies,
All wch they thinke fitt to bee made pte of the pishe of Riving-
ton ; And that Mr Rauffe Nuttall,^. godly painfull and orthodox
minister, orficiateth the Cure there ; and that there is a dona-
tive of two hundred pounds given by M r George Shawe (late
)f Blackeborne [Blackburn]) to the said Church of Rivington,
ch is in the hands of Mr Standish, of Duxbury, Esqr, who
ith given security to the trustees for the same for the
paym* of ten pounds p Ann to the said Church ; and that
Robte Leaver Q{ Little Leaver, gentleman, and Thomas Brere of
Rivington, gent, have given out of lands wch they purchased
from Mr Pilkington, wch lye in Rivington, eyther of them in the
some of fforty shillings p ann for ever, wch is constantly payed
to the Minister of Rivington ; and there is likewise given by
severall well disposed persons the some of thirty sixe pounds,
the yssues and prorfitts whereof are yearely payed towards
1 The " Hall o' the Hill," the ancestral house of the Asshawe family,
U this time extinct in the male line.
D 2
36 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
the mainteynance of the said Minister, for wch some of thirty
six pounds security is given by severall psons in whose hands
it is, except ten pounds wch is in the hands of Rolfte SJiawe
of High Bullough, gent., who refuses either to give security
or pay in the Interest for the same. That the privy tyths
vntill wthin theise two yeares have beene payed to the agents
for sequestracons wthin Boulton pishe, wch were sequestred
for the delinquency of Mr Anderton of Lostocke, but now
for these two yeares last past are not demanded, the yearely
value whereof is worth fiftie three shillings foure pence,
besides the tyths of Corne, amountinge to the yearely value
of ten pounds, wch is yearely payed to Mr Robert Leaver and
M r Breers afforesaid ; and that the privy tyths of Anglezarke
[Anlezargh] belonge to Rivington, and doe yearely amount
to twenty six shillings eight pence, and the tyths of Corne to
ten shillings, haveinge untill wthin this fewe yeares beene
payed to M r A nderton aforesaid, and since to the agents of
sequestracon. That Lostocke, belonginge to Rivington, hath
payed ten shillings p anii unto the said Mr Anderton, and
now pay the same vnto the agents for sequestracon for theire
tythe Corne, well worth ten pound p ann to bee received in
kind ; and wee find that there is some lands in the hamlett of
Horwich belonginge to Mr Anderton of Lostocke w°h pay
noe tyths, the tyths whereof are worth foure pounds ten
shillings p ann ; and other lands in Heaton belonginge to the
said Mr Anderton, the tyths whereof are worth two pounds
p anii ; and other lands in Rumworth belonging to the affore-
said MT A nderton, wch are worth forty shillings p ann; and
in Hallywell Sr Thomas Barton payeth by way of pscripcon
in lewe of tyths twelve shillings : the tyth in kind is worth
three pounds p ann. Mr Rauffe Heaton of Leaton payeth
by pscripcon five shillings p ann ; his tyths are worth in kind
one pounds tenn shillings. M T Walthsley of Rogersteed pays
by way of Jscripcon five shillings ; his tyths are worth in kind
twenty shillings. Mr Hilton of Farneworth payeth by way of
ffscripcon three pence p ann, and is worth three pounds p ann.
Goodman Lees of the high field payes byway of pscripcon six
shillings eight pence and one pounds two shillings p ann.
[DeTn]. WEE alSOG 6nd and ?SCnt that wthin the Pish of Deane
theire is a viccarage psentative, And that Mr Anderton of
DEAN PARISH. 37
Lostocke was Impropriator of all the tyths of the said pish
of Deane, who now stands sequestred as a delinquent, and
that MT John Tildesley (a painful godly pchinge minister),
whoe is psent Incumbent at Deane Church afforesaid, Re-
ceiveth (by virtue of an ordinance of parliam4) all the tyths of
the said pish to the value of a hundred fifty foure pounds three
shillings and eight pence p ann, wch said some is to be disbursed
yearely ut sequif (vidzt), to the Receiver for the state forty
pounds, To MT Horrocks, Minister of Westhaughton [West-
houghton] Chappell, forty pounds, to the Minister of Horwich
Chappell twenty pounds, for the said MT Tildesley his owne
sallery three score pounds, and likewise ten pounds p ann
reserved of Ould to belonge to the Viccar of Deane affore-
said ; and the said Mr Tildesley is to bee accomptable to the
state for the reucon of the said some of one hundred fifty
and foure pounds three shillings eight pence (if there be any
such reucon) ; And alsoe the said MT Tildesley receiveth more
thirteene shillings foure pence p ann from Mr Will™ Leigh
of Westhaughton by way of ^scripcon for tyths worth in kind
twenty shillings. That the Congregacon of Deane consists
of theise hamells, vidzt, Rumworth, Middle Hulton, Over-
hulton, Farneworth, pte of Hallywell, and pte of Heaton ;
and wee doe likewise find and psent that there is two Chap
pells wthin the said pish of Deane, that is to witt, Horwich
and Westhaughton, and that the said Chappell of Horwich is
distant from the said pish Church of Deane foure statute
myles or thereabouts, wch Chappell is supplyed every saboth
ordinary-lie by MT Henry Pendlebury, preacher, who is a
painfull godly preachinge minister, who hath not for the
present any mainteynance or sallery, but onely the benevo-
lence of the Inhabitants of the said towne, but is to receive
twenty pounds p ann out of the tyths wthin the pish of Deane,
now received by MT John Tildesley, psent incumbent at
Deane ; and that there was a donative of the some of one
hundred pounds heretofore given by the well effected of that
Chapelrey (for the vse of the same), wch is in the hands of
Richard Holt of Ashworth, who hath deteyned the same and
the issues and profntts thereof for the space of five or sixe
yeares last past, or thereabouts, and that Ellis Brooke, Will™
Greenehalgh, and John Greenhalgh (whose names the bond
for the payment of the same and interest thereof from the
38 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
said Mr Holt was taken in) are in suite at fkent for the
same ; And wee thinke fit that the said Chappell should bee
made a pishe in regard it is foure myles distant from its pish
Church, and to have belonginge vnto it about a third pte of
Heaton and all the hamell of Lostocke, together with Peter
Roscoes and Will™ H oldens wthin Hallywell, and MT Ander-
tons of Anderton, Roger Rothwells and Will'"*' Rothwells, of
the same, lying neare therevnto to bee affixed and Joyned
vnto the same. That the said Chappell of Westhaughton is
distant from the pish Church of Deane (afforesaid) three
myles or thereabouts, wch is supplyed by Mr Horrocks, a
godly orthodox divyne, and hath for his mainteynce a dona-
tive of one pound thirteene shillings and foure pence p ann
from one Rauffe Holden for two lives, and five pounds in
stocke, given by George Marslie, wch is now in the hands of
Geyles, son of the said George MarsJie, and for the further
mainteynance of the said Chappell hath beene forty pounds
p ann payed out of the Tythes or Rectory formerly belonging
to MT A nderton, and now vnder sequestracon ; And wee doe
psent the hamell of Little Hulton fit to bee laid to Ellinbrough
[Ellenbrook] Chappell in Eccles pish, in regard it lyes three
myles from Deane and neare adioyinge vnto Ellinbrough
[Ellenbrook] ; And the hamell of Kersall wee psent fit to bee
annexed to Ringley Chappell in Prestwich pish, it lyinge
neare thereunto, and beinge aboute six myles from the pish
Church of Deane afforesaid.
Bury. WEE alsoe psent that the late right hoble Witt" Earle of
Derby and the now Earle his sonne, or th'one of them, here-
tofore being patron of the pish Church of Bury, in the said
County of Lancaster, presented vnto the said psonage there
one Peter Travers, batchlor of Divinity, who received the
proffits thereof aboute nyne yeares, And now and for some
yeares past stands sequestred as a delinquent against the
pliament, And that by order bearinge date the foure and
twentyth day of Aprill, Anno Dni one Thousand six hundred
forty five, In theise words: vidzt — at the Comittee of the
house of Comons in parliament concerneinge plundred Min-
isters, Aprill the twenty fourth, one Thousand six hundred
forty five, Whereas Peter Travers, Rector of the pish Church
BURY PARISH. 39
of Bury, in the County of Lancaster, is disafected to the
pliam* and the pceedings thereof, And is in Lathom house
now kept A garrison against the pliam* ; It is ordered that
the said Rectory bee furthwth sequestred from the said Mr
Travers; And that Will™ Alte a.n& Amtrewe Lathome, Godly
and orthodox divynes, doe for the psent officiate the Cure of
the said pish Church and preach diligently there, And shall
have for there paines therein the psonage house and gleabe
lands, And all the tyths, rents, dutyes, and proffi tts whatsoever
of the said Rectory till further order bee taken in the pmisses,
saveinge and reserveinge all tyths, rents, and proffitts of and
belonging to the severall Chappells of Heywood, Holcome
[Holcombe], and Adenfield [Edenfield], in the said County, wch
shall stand sequestred to the severall vses hereafter lymitted,
that is to say, the tyths, rents, and proffitts of and belong-
inge to the townes of Heywood, Bamforth, Whittle, and the
Lomax wthin the said pishe, shall stand and bee sequestred
to the vse and for the mainteynce of such Minister and
Ministers as shall be Noiated to officiate in the said Chap-
pell of Heywood ; And that the whole rents and proffitts of
the said Towneshippe of Tottington wthin the said pish shall
stand and bee sequestred for the vses of the said ministers
w** shall be nomlated to officiate the Cures of the severall
Chappells of Holcome and Edenfield afforesaid — GILBTE
MlLLINGTON. And since the death of the said MT Lathom,
by vertue of an Order in theise words : to witt, Att the
Comittee for plundred Ministers, August the twenty eight,
one Thousand six hundred forty eight, Whereas the Rectory
of the pish Church of Bury, in the County of Lancaster,
beinge sequestred from Peter Traves, this Comittee did, the
twenty fourth of Aprill, one Thousand six hundred forty five,
Order that the said Rectory and proffitts thereof should
stand sequestred to the vse of Will™ Alt and Andrewe
Lathom, godly and orthodox divynes, saveinge and exempte-
inge the proffitts Ariseinge in the said Chappelries of the
said Rectory, wch should stand sequestred to the sev'all vses
in the said order lymitted ; vidzt, The tythes, Rents, &
proffitts of Heywood, Bamforth, Whittle, and the Lomaxe
wthin the said pish, and for the vse and mainteynce of such
minister and ministers as should be nomlated to officiate in
40 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
the Chappell of Heywood afforesaid, And the tyths, Rents,
and proffits of the two Tottingtons wthin the said pish, for the
Mainteynce of the severall Ministers wch should bee nomiated
to officiate the Cure of the severall Chappells of Holecome
& Adenfield [Edenfield] wthin the said pish ; And the said
MT Latham is sithence deceased, It is therefore ordered that
MT Tobias Fumes, a godly and orthodox Divyne, bee setled
and established in the said Rectory in the steed of the said
MT Lathom, And that he doe, together with the said Mr
Alt, officiate the Cure of the said Church and preach dilli-
gently to the said pishioners, And that they shall have for
their paines therein the psonage house and gleabe lands,
And all the tyths, Rents, duties, and proffits whatsoever of
the said Rectory, saveinge and reservinge the proffitts arise-
ing wthin the afforesaid severall Chappellries according to the
said Order of the twenty fourth of Aprill, one thousand sixe
hundred forty five, till further order shall bee taken in the
pmisses, and all psons are required quietly to pmit the said
M r Alte and Mr Fumes to officiate the said Cure, And to
enter, possesse, and enjoy the said house and gleabe lands,
and to have and receive and take for theire owne vse all the
tyths, rents, dutyes, and proffits whatsoever of the said
Rectory, saveinge what is before excepted, as they will
answer the Contrary at their pills (NATHAN BACON). By
vertue of wch Order the said Mr Will™ Alte and Mr Tobias
Fumes, two godly able Ministers, doe supply the Cure and
preach constantly twise every Saboth day and once every
thursday, beeing meat day at Bury, keepinge a constant
lecture there, as hath beene accustomed, And dwell in the
psonage house, and occupie the gleabe lands, And receive pt
of the tyths according to the said orders ; And that accord-
inge to former order dated The seaventeenth day of June,
one thousand six hundred forty seaven, there is a tenth pte
of the said proffitts allowed to Dorothy, wyff of the said Mr
Travers, and her Children, in consideracon whereof the
yearely some of eighteene pounds hath beene payed by the
said Mr Alte and Mr Furneis to the said M" Traverse; And
that the full value of all the proffitts comeing to the said
Mr Alt and Mr Fumes for the supply of the Cure afforesaid
and for theire paines therein, over and above the afforesaid
BURY PARISH. 41
tenth pte payed to Mistr™ Travers, amounted to the some
of eighty one pounds to eyther of them p anh or thereabouts ;
And that there are aboute foure and twenty tenements and
houses wthin Shuttleworth in the Lordshippe of Burghe [Bury],
beinge all the houses wthin Shuttleworth afforesaid who are
appointed by the said Orders to' pay theire tyths to Bury,
who are much nearer to the Chapel of Aydenfield [Edenfield]
afforesaid, and vsually repaire thither to the ordinances when
they have a mister ; And that sixteene houses and Tenemts
in WalrSsley, vidzt, Thomas Haworths of Bancke lane, Thomas
Wood of the same, Benjamin Knowles, John Kayes, Lawrence
Fletchers of Rainforth field, Elizabeth Warburton, Will™ Kay,
Hamlett Lowe, Will™ Grimshawe, Richard Lomaxe, Richard
Nuttall of Gawlinrode [Golynrode], Rauffe Holte of Hough,
Elizabeth Chadwicke, Thomas Smethurst, Robte Leach, John
Rosbothom [Ramsbottam], Will™ Booth, who are much nearer to
HolecomeChappell then Bury,and vsually repaire thither; And
that there are houses and tenements in Elton, wthin the said
Lordshippe, vidzt, Richard Hoults, John Meadowcrofts, ux
George Houlte, Michaell Bentlys, ux Robt Greenhalgh, James
Unsworths, Thomas Lomax, and Jo/in Smyths \ who likewise pay
theire tyths to Bury, who are much nearer to the Chappell
of Cockey in the pish of Middleton, and vsually repaire thither
to publique ordinances ; And that there is several houses in
Birkley [Birtle], wthin the pish of Middleton, vidzt, The
house of Richard Meadowcrofte of Smethhurst, James Lomax,
Peter Lomax, James Haworth, Peter Livesay, Thomas Toppinge,
James Kay of Cobbas [Cob House], Robte Kay of Cobbas
[Cob House], whose houses stand in Bury pishe, but most of
his tents are in Middleton pish and pay tyths thither, the
house of Richard Hardman of Cobbas [Cob House] Nabbs,
James Kay of Broad Car, and certaine houses in Pilsworth
wthin the pish of Middleton, vidzt, Lawrence Lomax of Cathole,
John Bradley, John Greenhalgh of Cathole, RicJiard Lomax,
Thomas Tarnott, John N orris, Robte Livesay e, Roger Lomax,
and Richard WhiteJtead, all of wch constantly repaire to the
publique ordinances at Bury if noe Church bee erected for
them nearer ; And that theire is some houses in Tottington,
vidzt, Thomas Nuttalls Tottington, Richard Booth of Booth,
John Lowe, TJwmas Meadowcrojte, Germs Greenhalgh, Thomas
42 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
Kay, Edmund Holte, Rauffe Smethurst, Edmund Bury, Barnet
Butterworth, and Rauffe Bridge, who pay theire tyths to
Holcome accordinge to the said order, and yett are constant
frequenters of the Church of Bury ; and that the demeasne of
Brandlesome payes for tyth Corne forty shillings p anii by
way of fJscripcon, and is worth six pounds thirteene shillings
foure pence; And wee psent that Heywood is a Chappell
scituate vpon the side of Bury pishe, and is neare adiacent to
some pts of Rachdall pish and some pts of Middleton pish,
and hath not any Gleabe lands therevnto belonginge ; there
is the vse of ffive pounds, due to such minister as doth
officiate at the said Chappell, beinge a Gifte given by Mr
Will™ Holme, gent, deceased, Towards the Mainteynce of
the Minister (Mr Jonathan Scolefield is Minister there, and is
orthodox for divinity, well qualified for lyffe and conversacon) ;
And there was assigned vnto the said Chappell for the main-
teyneinge of the Ministery of Heywood the tyths out of the
hamletts of Heywood, Bamford, Whittle, and Lomax, beinge
pte of the sequestracons due unto the Rectory of Bury, by the
Comittee of Plundered Ministers, by an order dated the foure
and twentyth of Aprill, one thousand six hundred & forty
& ffyve, subscribed vnder the hand of Gilbte Millington, and
the said tythes are valued and esteemed to bee worth Twenty
two pounds p ann, out of w** there hath beene repayed to
Mr* Travers of Bury the some of fforty shillings p ann
towards the mainteynce of her and her children, being
sequestred, the benefitts in the totall beinge twenty pounds
p ann, and the benefite or vse of the five pounds wch remaines
continually in the hands of such Minister as doth officiate at
Heywood Chappell aforesaid, wch is fitt to bee made a pishe ;
It is distante from Bury three myles and three quarters wthin
ffifteene pches, from Ashworth Chappell two myles and a
halffe wantinge five poles, from Middleton Church Three
myles and three quarters and eight poles, from Rachdale
three myles and a halffe wantinge seaven poles.
Heape WEE also psent that there is wthin Heape, in Bury pishe,
theise families, wch are neare adiacent to the said Chappell of
Heywood, vidzt, Rauffe Seddons, John Makonds, Fardinando
Stanley, gen, Will™ Langleys, gen, Robte Holts, widow Birchs,
BURY PARISH. 43
Arthur Holts, Thomas Holts, Francis Meadowcrofte, Alexander
CJiadwicke, Richard SmetJiurst de Wham, Edmund Holts,
John Hamers, James Bamfords, Edward Bamfords, gent.,
John Goreld, John Wolfenden, Robte Scolefields senr, Robte
Scolefields Junr, Robte HawortJi, Richard Dicksons, Robte
AshwortJis, Rauffe Holts, Richard Croppers, Grace Haworths,
Alice Leach widdowe, Thomas Hopwood,Jonatlian Butterworth,
John Cropper, Robte Croppers, Will™ Wardleworths, James
Turners, Lawrence CJiadwicks, Thomas Croppers, James Croppers,
Robte LeacJies, Richard Meadowcrofts, John Meadowcrofts
wyffe, Richard Fentons, Roger Hey woods, James Haworths,
John Fentons ; In Bamford, beeinge pte of Middleton pish,
Edmund CJiadwicks, John Chadwicks, Charles CJiadwicks,
Thomas Birch, Samuel Hey, Charles Stott, RicJiard Chadwicke ;
in Grislehurst, TJwmas Holte, Esqr, Samuel Shawe, RicJiard
HitcJiinson, vx Johis Holte ; In Marland, wthin the pishe of
Rachdale, Thomas Hardman, RicJiard Livesey, Widdow
Lawton, James Nuttalls, Alexander Chadwickes, Alice Chad-
wicks widow, Abell WJiitticar ; In Midleton pish or Pils-
worth Hamell, James Hardmans, RicJiard Talors, TJwmas
Chadwicks, Will"1 Stocks, John Smyths; In Hopwood Hamlett,
JoJm Lord, Henry Wrigleys, James Wrigleys, Edmund Wol-
stenholmes, Samuell Scales, Robte Hulton, Edmund Leaches,
James Breerlies, Edward Heywoods, John Wrigleys, George
Cowpers, James Lords, James Hultons, widow Lords, Edmund
Buries, Henry Marcers, James Wrigleys senr, James Fitton,
Abraham Hopwoods, AbraJiam S coles, Peter Ashton, Edward
Cowp, the heyres of Arthur Lord, Abell Fitton, John Burie,
Susan Burie, vid [Widow], RicJiard Lord,Richard Wolstenholme,
Widdowe Leaches, A braJiam Butterworths ; all theise are adia-
cent neare vnto Heywood Chappell, and have hitherto daylie
resorted beinge scituate nearer to that Chappell then any
other Church or Chappell, and fit to bee made a pishe if
another bee not erected nearer ; And there is a mancon or
dwellinghouse formerly built by the Inhabitants of the said
Chappelrie, and one garden, and aboute one acre of ground,
wch the ministers have formerlye enioyed. .
WEE alsoe find and psent that there are two Chappells Totting-
wthin Tottington, vidzt, Holecome and Edenfield, Holecome ton>
44 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
beinge distant from the pish Church of Bury five myles and
vpwards, And Edenfield distant from the said pish Church
six myles and vpwards, and th'one Chappell distant from
th'other two myles and three quarters ; And that the moytie
or one halfife of the tyths of the said Towneshipps, together
wth the moytie of the tythes of Musbary [Musbury], Cowpe
[Coupe], Lenches [Lench], Newhall Hey, Duerden Clough,
and Graine, anciently belonginge to the Rectory of Bury,
were by an order from the Comittee of Plundered Ministers
granted and conferred to the Ministers that should bee
noiated to officiate the cures of the said Chappells, wch said
moyety of tyths amount to Thirty pounds p ann, save that
the some of fHve pounds p ann is allowed out of the same
vnto Dorothy the wyffe of Peter Traverse ; the other moyetye
of all the before menconed Tyths was given by John, some-
tymes Duke of Lancaster, To the Church of Prestwich, wch is
distant from Holecome tenn myles or thereabouts, And from
Edenfield Eleaven myles ; And that Isaac Allen, late pson of
Prestwich, did lease the same to John Grenehalgh, Escf,
dureing his life, and that Richard Holte of Ashworth, Es<f,
receiveth them as in Right of the said John Greenlialffe, his
ffather in lawe. That there is noe Minister nor Ministers for
the psent at the said Chappells for want of mainteynce ; wee
psent that all the lower end of Tottington beneath the Stab-
binge [Stubbings], wth all that pte of Walmersley neare ad-
ioyneinge to Holecome Chappell, vidzt, from the Bost [Bass]
Lane to Hardenbrooke, are ffit to bee annexed to Holcome,
And the same to bee made a Parishe. That there are certen
donacons of money belonginge to Edenfield Chappell amount-
inge to the some of twenty pounds or thereabouts, wch is in the
hands of Will™ Kay of Cobbas and Martin Kay of Littlewood,
six pounds nyne shillings six pence, as by theire bond appeareth;
James Hartley and RicJiard Taylor, Both of Walmersley, five
pounds one shillinge ; John Gregory and Andrewe Hey, both
of Haslingden, two pounds fourteene shillings, as by theire
bond appeareth ; Roger Gryme and John Gryme, both of
Scowte [Scout], one pound one shillinge six pence, as by
bond appeareth ; Francis Warburton of Stabbings [Stubbings],
deceased, thirty shillings wthout speciality ; John Warburton
of Stabbings, gent., sixe pounds ; and in the hands of Henry
Co%vpe, deceased, twenty shillings. Wee psent that all the
BURY PARISH. 45
vpper end of Tottington, from the Stubbings to Balliden,
wthall Shuttleworth lyeinge and adioyneing neere Edenfield,
vidzt, all from Harden Brooke to Duerden brooke wth the
lower Newhall hey, beeinge pte of the Forest of Rossendale,
are fitt to bee annexed to the Chappell of Edenfield aforesaid,
and the same to bee a pishe. That Musbury and the Graine,
formerly pte of the said pish of Bury, are adiacent to the
Chappell of Haslingden, are fitt to bee annexed to the same ;
And Cowplenches, Deaneclough, and Newhall-hey, pte of the
said pish of Bury, are adiacent to the Chappell of Rossendale
and fitt to bee annexed therevnto, saveinge theise houses
—George Haworth, Robte Haworth, and James Romsbottom.
AND lastly, wee doe psent, declare, and thinke it fit,
meete, and requisite that all and every the several Churches
and Chappells that may bee divyded from one to another, or
made pishes, and are before in theise or any of theise
psentmts menconed, shall be proporconablie sepated, divyded,
and severed by mates and bonds to distinguishe the pcinctts
and lifeties of the said pishes and Chappellries ; And that
such towneshipps and hamletts as ly betwixt any two of the
said Churches and Chappells shall be divyded soe as the
Inhabitants may be members of such of them as is nearest,
and necessitated to travell further for the benefitt of Gods
ordinances then is requisite.
THO. WHITEHEAD (L.S.) THO. BROWNE (L.S.)
GEO. CHESHIRE1 (L.S.) THO. SMYTH (L.S.)
RICH. MEADOWCROFTE (L.S.) HENRY HART (L.S.)
THO. NUTTALL (L.S.) BARNARBI MARKLAND(L.S.)
THO. BORDMAN (L.S.) FRANCIS ISHERWOOD (L.S.)
JOHN COWPE (L.S.) HENRY SEDON (L.S.)
THO. ECKERSALL (L.S.) WlLLM. GREENHALGH (L.S.)
LAW. FLETCHER (L.S.) THOS. HOLTE (L.S.)
THURSTAN PARR (L.S.)
Ri. STANDISHE (L.S.)
JAMES ASSHETON (L.S.)2
THO. BIRCHE (L.S.)3
THO. MAWDESLEY (L.S.)
PETER HOLT (L.S.)
1 See page 29 ; the name there given is George Cheetam of Turton.
2 Seal bears an antelope.
3 Bears three fleurs-de-lis, — the arms of Birche of Birche.
46 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
[HUNDRED OF WEST DERBY.]
Hundred Inquisico Indentata capt apud Wigan in Com Lane coram
:r y' Johne At/ierton, Rico Standish, Jacobo As/ieton, Alexandria
Barlowe, Thome Birch, Rob to Maudisley, Johne Hartley, etPetro,
Holte, Aris. Et TJiome Cubham et Robto Glest, gen, Comis-
sionar virtute cujusdem Comissionis sub Sigillo Magno Anglic
eisdem et alijs Comissionar in eadem noiat die Jovis, vidzt,
Vicesimo die Junij anno Dni Milesimo sexcentesimo Quin-
quagesimo p sacrum Petri Kenion de Hadocke, gen; Rid
Astley de Tildesley, gen; Willmi Sorocold de Orford, gen;
Edri Nailor de Bedford, gen ; Thurstani Peake de Warring-
ton, gen ; Henr' Barrowe de Burton wood, gen ; Thome Okeli
de ffearnehead, gen ; Thome Constable de Lawton, gen ;
Thome Rothwell de Newton, gen ; Johni Robinson de Asheton,
gen ; Adami Shawe de Culcheth, gen ; Humfrid* Platt de
Hindley, gen ; Willmi Tapping de Pemberton, gen ; Willi
Yates de Ripton cu Glazebrooke, gen ; Willi BircJiall de
Billinge, gen ; Thome Lyon de Billinge, gen, et MatJiei Lowe
de Asheton, gen, pbonoi et legaf homiii Com ^d Jur. Qui
dicunt et psentant sup sacrum suum in his verbis Anglicanis
sequentib}, vidzt :
Winwicke WEE doe present that wthin the Towneshipp of Winwicke
cuHoolme tnere *s a parish Churche called Winwicke Church, And that
[Hulme]. there is a psonage house, and certaine howseinge therevnto
belonginge, and alsoe glebe lands thereunto belonginge, of the
yearely value of One hundred Sixtie one pounds ; And that
there are Three Water Corne Milnes thereunto belonginge
worth Thirty pounds p ann, And that the rentes of the
Tennants therevnto belonging are of the yearly value of
Twenty eight pounds ; And wee present that the Tyth Corne
wthin the said parish of Winwicke and the smale Tythes wthin
Winwicke aforesaid are worth fower hundred fforty ffyve
pounds and two shillinges p ann, All wch proffittes afforesaid
of the said psonage house, glebe landes, Milnes, rentes, and
Tythes MT Charles Herle, being the psent Incumbent att
WINWICK PARISH. 47
Winwicke affbresaid, hath had and received to his owne vse,
And that hee is an orthodox godly preaching Minister, But
did not observe Thursday the 13th of this instant June, beinge
a daie of Humiliacon appoynted by Acte of ParliamV And
was psented vnto the said' psonage by the Earle of Derby,
who clames to be patron of the said Church ; And that the
Tythes of the said Towne of Winwicke are worth Thirtie
poundes and five shillinges p anfi, which is pt of the before
menconed sume of ffower hundred forty five poundes and 2s/.
WEE alsoe present that Newton is a Towne wthin the Newton,
parish of Winwicke aforesaid, in wch there is an Ancient
Chappell called Newton Chappell, distant from the said pish
Church of Winwicke two Statute Myles or thereabouts, and
distant two Statute myles and vpwards from the Chappell of
Ashton, And that there is not any other Church or Chappell
nere vnto the same ; And in regard of the distance of the said
Chappell from any other Church or Chappell, wee psent that
Newton Chappell is fitt to bee made a parish Church. And
that these houses and tentes (the owners whereof) are here-
after menconed, being wthin Lawton [Lowton], are fitt to be
annexed to the parish Church of Newton afforesaid, vidzt,
Henry Byrours, Thomas Baxters, the house late Will™ Byrours,
Richard Hynds, Thomas Corleis, Thomas Mather, Widow Kays,
and John Widowes; and in Hadocke [Hadock] Peeter Kenions,
James Lowes, MT Dumbells howse, and John Hill, are fitt to
be annexed to the said pish, beinge nearer vnto the said
Church of Newton then to any other Churche or Chapell ;
And wee psent that there doth belong to the said Church of
Newton Three pounds one shilling seaven pence p anfi out of
the Dutchy of Lancaster, and that there is a Donatiue of
Twenty poundes p anfi given by Richard Blackborne, late
1 On i6th May, 1650, it was ordered that the I3th June next was to be
observed as a day of Fasting and Humiliation, and that in all churches
prayers were to be offered up for " the great sin of this nation, and for a
blessing upon the Councils and endeavours of the Parliament for the
preservation of this nation against all plots, designs, and combinations of
the enemies of the Commonwealth." — [Commons' Journal^ Mr. Herle
was not alone — many of the Presbyterians refused to pray for the Common-
wealth in the pulpit.
48
of Newton, for the mainteynance of a preaching Minister att
Newton, And that the tythes of Newton aforesaid are worth
Sixtie poundes p ann, wch is part of the said sume of ffower
hundred fforty five poundes and two shillinges, wch said sev'all
sumes amounting in toto to the sume of fower score and
three poundes one shilling and seaven pence Mr Thomas
Norman, late Minister of Newton aforesaid, received for his
salary or manteynance ; And wee present that Mr Thomas
Blackborne is the present Incumbent there, And hath for his
Salary the sume of Twenty poundes p ann, formly given unto
the said Chappell of Newton by Mr Blackborne aforesaid,
and that hee is a godly preaching Minister and supplyeth the
Cure diligently vpon the Lords daies, but Thursday, the
Thirteenth day of this instant June, appoynted a day of
Humiliacon by Acte of Parliam1, hee did not observe, And
did come vnto the said place by the geSall consent of the
whole Chappellrie.
Ashton. WEE doe present that there is a Chappell scituated in
Ashton, ffower myles 132 poles and 2 yardes from the parish
Church of Winwicke, and two myles from Newton Chappell,
and MT James Woodes is Minister there, a very godly preacher,
a man of good life and conversacon, but did not keepe the
last ffast day appoynted by Acte of pliam*, for hee had noe
Orders, And hath for his Sallury the Tyth of Asheton by
Order from the Comittee of plundred Ministers, And came in
by ffree Elleccon of the whole Towne, wch said Tyth is worth
One hundred and twenty pounds p ann, wch is pte of the said
sume of ffower hundred fforty ffyve pounds and two shillings,
And there is alsoe a donataie of Nine shillinges and six pence
p ann paied by John Homfryson to the said Mr Woodes.
And in regard of the distinct [distance] from the parish
Church and other Chappells, We psent that it is fitt to bee
made a parish, And the rest of Haydocke (exceptinge those
howses presented to bee annexed to Newton and S1 Ellens)
to be ioyned vnto the said parish of Ashton.
Lawton WEE present that the Tythes wthin the said Towneshipp
&Ken!on. °f Lawton in Kenion, being part of the said sume of ffower
hundred fforty ffive pounds and two shillings, are worth
WINWICK PARISH. 49
Seaventy pounds p anfi one yeare with another ; And that
the said Towneshipp is within the pish of Winwicke, and that
Mr Charles Herle hath and possesseth the proffittes of the
said Tythes to his owne vse ; And wee doe further present
that the Midle of the said Towneshipp is alone fewer statute
myles distant from the parish Church of Winwicke, and that
many Inhabitants are farr more distant from the said pish
Church or from any other Church or Chappell ; And there-
upon wee f>sent that it is fitt there should bee a Chappell
built att a certaine place called the Stone Crosse, wthin the
said Towneshipe of Lawton [Lowton], And that the said
Towneshipp of Lawton and Kenion and the Inhabitantes of
Goulborne [Golborne], except the howses in Lawton [Lowton]
before menconed, wch are annexed vnto Newton, being very
neare adiacent thither, are convenient and fitt to bee annexed
and appropriated to that new built Church within Lawton
[Lowton] afforesaid, And these howses hereafter menconed,
being wthin Abram, are fitt to bee annexed to the pish of
Lawton [Lowton] cu Kenion aforesaid, vidzt, John Andertons,
Richard Adams, Thomas Corleis, Raphe Harrison, John Smith,
Will™ Fraunce, and Will™ Hartes.
WEE present that the Towne of Haydocke is within the Haydock.
parish of Winwicke, and that the Tythes of the said Towne
formerly did belong vnto the said parish Church of Win-
wicke, and that it was Leased unto Sr Peeter Leigh, but for
how many years wee doe not know, And that the Inhabi-
tantes of the same Towne did compound with Ric/iard Leigh
of Lyme, Esqr, for the same Tythes for Twenty fower
poundes p anfi, and that after, by an Order of Parliam*, the
same Tythes hath bine payd vnto MT Norman, Ministr at
Newton Chappell, who is now lately deceased.
WEE present that the Towne of Goulborne lyeth wthin the Goulborne
parish of Winwicke, and that the Tyth thereof is worth by [Golb<
the yeare Thirty ffyve pounds, wch is part of the same sume
of ffower hundred forty and fyve poundes and two shillings,
and hath beene payed and gathered for the vse of Mr Charles
Hirle, pson of Winwicke, who supplyes the Cure there ; And
that the said Towne, or the most pt of it, is ffyve Myles
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50 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
distant from their pish Church of Winwicke, Three myles
from Newton Chappell, and three myles from Ashton Chap-
pell ; And wee $sent and thinke fitt that the Inhabitantes of
Goulborne shall ioyne with Lawton [Lowton] for the build-
ing of a Chappell att the Stone Crosse in Lawton, and bee
part of that pish, for their ease and good for the tyme to
come, except those psons vnder written — George SJiaw,
MatJiew SJiaw, Will™ Carles, Thomas Dombell, Robte Tickell,
Peeter Perterson, Thomas Mather, Henry Boulton, Ollmer
Raphson, and Fraunce Howse, wch are convenient to be ioyned
vnto Newton.
South- WEE present that there is Tythe belonging vnto the said
Croft1 & Towneshipps which Amounteth vnto Fiftie two poundes and
Middleton Thirteene shillinges p ann, The pffittes whereof Mr Herle
f5$Sj receiveth for his owne vse.
[Arbury].
Cukheth. WEE present that there is a Chappell scituated at Culcheth,
and that Mr Will™ Leigh is Minist1 there, a very godly
Minister and of good lyffe and conversacon, but did not
observe Thursday, the Thirteenth day of this Instant June,
appoynted a day of Humilacon by Act of pliam', And hath
for his salury Three poundes Nynteene shillings and Nyne
pence, wcl1 is a donatiue, but who gave it wee know not, and
is paid by Geffrey Holcroft, Esqr, Ellis Hey, and Thomas
Richardson, ffeoffes in trust to distribute the same mony ;
alsoe Mr Leigh, the said Incumbent, hath had fforty poundes
p ann from the Sequestracon of Derby hundred, and Tenn
poundes p ann by Mr Herle pson of Winwicke ; and that the
Tyth of Culcheth is worth ffiftie Three poundes p ann one
yeare wtk another, and it is now vnder sequestracon for the
Delinquency of John Culcheth, Esqr, who clames the same by
pscription as wee conceive ; And wee present that it is ffitt
that it bee a pish, being fower Myles one quarter and two
poles from Winwicke Church, and three myles and almost
three quarters distant from Hallinfaire [Hollingfare] Chap-
pell, And that these howses, landes, and tenementes within
Croft hereafter menconed to be annexed to the said pish,
vidzt, Raph Hadfeilds, vid [Widow] Sorocoldes, Henry Boot/is,
John Bootlis, John Gouldens, Richard Bur/tolls, Robte Bates,
WARRINGTON PARISH. 51
James Bates, Widdow G arnett, Henry As htons, Widow Ridiardes
howse late Nicholas Bonltons, Willm. Spakemans, Richard
Spakemans, Will™ Byrom of Kenion, Holcroftes Linford of
Litle Wooden [Little Woolden], gen, in the pish of Eccles,
Henry Slayter of Lightoakes [Light Oaks] in Bedford in
Leigh pish, and John SontJnvortli of Cadeshead [Cadishead]
in the pish of Eccles ; And wee psent them fitt to bee annexed
to the said pish of Newchurch.
WEE doe present that there is a pish Church scituate within Warington
Warrington called Warrington Church, a Mancon howse, [
barne, and garden therevnto belonging, one halfe thereof or
thereaboutes is in the possession of Mr Robte Yates, now
Minister at Warrington Church, of the yearly value of Thirtie
shillings, and the other halfe or neere thereabouts is in the
possession of Mr Peeter Harrison or his assignes, vnder a
Lease formly made by Sr Thomas Ireland deceased, but
whether the same bee expyred or noe wee know not, but is
of the yearly value of Thirtie shillings ; And that the whole
tythes of the said pish of Warrington is of the yearly value
of One hundred fiftie one pounds one shilling and eight
pence, And that the said Mr Yates came in by the quist and
psentacon of Gilbte Ireland, Esq1', who clames to bee patron
and Doner thereof, And alsoe by the ffree Ellection of the
Congregacon there ; And that the said M T Yates is a man of
good lyffe, and howbeit hee doth Disassent from and not
submitt to the present gounem*, And did neglect to obserue
and keepe the days of humiliacon and thankesgiving en-
ioyned by the $sent piam*, And that hee hath for his salury
the yearly sume of Twenty pounds p anii from the said
Mr Ireland; And that the tythes of Corne within Warring-
ton and librties thereof, wth a Tyth barne belonging to George
BootJie of Dunham Massie, Esqr, are conceived to amount to
Sixtie poundes p ann, and some other smale Tythes to the
value of Twenty shillings p Ann, And that the Tythe Hay
within Warrington and the lifcties thereof is of the value of
Three pounds p ann, And the pffittes thereof received by
Gilbt Ireland, Esqr ; And that there are two Chappells wthin
the said pish of Warrington, the one of them called Burton-
wood Chappell and the other called Hollinfaire [Hollingfare]
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52 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
Chappell, both of them distant from the said pish Church
above five myles and a halfe.
Burton- WEE also present that, in the Towne of Burtonwood, in the
wood< parish of Warrington, there is a Chappell called Burtonwood
Chappell, scituated at the one syde of the Towne, but very
vnconvenient for the vse of the said Towneshipp, and that
there is seuall Donatiues given by sevall psons for the
Mantenance of a Minister at Burtonwood Chappell aforesaid,
wch amount to the sume of Eight pounds six shillings and
eight pence, The beneffittes whereof doth amount vnto
Thirteene shillings fourr pence p anfi, and are paid yearly by
Nicholas Croft, Edward Eccleston, and John Wright, ffeoffees
in trust to Distribute the Donatiues afforesaid, And the
Tythes of the said Townes^' of Burtonwood are houlden by
Gilbte Ireland, Esqr, amounting to the value of ffiftie pounds,
or thereabouts ; but how hee houldeth the same wee know not,
and that the said Chappell of Burton Wood is Three myles
and One hundred nynty two poles from the pish Church of
Winwicke, wch is the nearest unto Burtonwood aforesaid, ffyve
miles three quarters and twenty poles ffrom the pish Church
of Warrington, Likewise fower Myles one quarter and 8 poles
ffrom Sl Ellens Chappell, in the pish of Prescott, and ffower
myles 12 poles from the Chappell of Sanckye [Sankey], in
the said pish of Prescott ; Alsoe there are great waters running
betwixt the pish Church of Winwicke, the pish Church of
Warrington, The Chappell of Sl Ellen, in the pish of
Prescott, and the Chappell of Burtonwood; And wee find
that the said Chappell of Burton wood is fitt to bee sett in
the Center of the said Towneshippe of Burtonwood for the
conveniency of all the Inhabitantes, and to bee made a pish,
and that these howses, lands, and tenemts, lying in Bould, in
the pish of Prescott, are fitt to be ioyned to the pish of
Burtonwood, victzt, Gilbte Arrcwsmith, Richard Atherton,
Henry Barrow, Richard Barrow, John Banckes, the late howse
of Geffrey Wilkinson, Willm Smith, Randle Honghton, Thomas
Travice, James Stringfelloiu, James Barton, Willm String fellow,
Willm Barrow, Myles Scott, Thomas Atherton, James Barton,
John Stringfellcw, William Banner, James Grange, the
howse late of Will* Woodes, Gilbte Banckes, Thomas Worsley
WARRINGTON PARISH. 53
James Banner, John AtJierton>mA. Peetr Atlterton ; And that
Mr Will™ Eagerly^ is psent Incumbent at Burton Wood
afforesaid, and came in by Ellection of all or most pt of the
Inhabitantes of the said Towneshipp of Bartonwood, and wee
find him to bee weake and not well qualifyed to teach, and
that hee doth constantly make Marriages contrary to the
Directions and rules appointed by order of pliam*, and hath
for his Sallary fforty pounds p ann out of the sequestracon, by
Order of the Comittie of this County.
WEE doe present that there is a Chappell wthin the Towne- Rixton
shipp of Rixton and Glazebrooke, belonging to the parish broo^B*
Church of Warrington ; And that there is ffower pounds [Glaze-
Twelve shillings yearly given out of the Duchy of Lancastr r
towards the Maintey nance of a preaching Ministr there wch
hath bene constantly paid for that vse; And that Richard
Massie, Esqr, receives the pffittes of the Tithes of the Corne
wtllin the said Towneshipp for the vse of Mf Wardes children
of Capeston, by vertue of a Lease formly made by Sr Thomas
Ireland vnto the said Richard Massie, wch wee conceive to bee
of the value of Twenty two pounds p ann one yeare wth another,
and that the smale tythes wthin the Towneshipp afforesaid are
of the yearly value of Twenty two shillings, and received by
Gilbte Ireland, Esqr; And wee present that Mr Henry Ather-
ton supplyes the Cure at the said Chappell, And hath for his
Salary the said sume of ffower pounds Twelve shillings out
of the Dutchy of Lancastr, And the sume of Forty pounds
from the publicke, paid vnto him out of the sequestracons of
Derby hundred ; And that hee is a man of good lyffe and
conVsacon, and a godly painefull Minister, and well affected
to this present goum*. But that hee did not observe Thursday,
the 1 3th day of this instant June, appoynted as a day of
humiliacon by Act of pliam4 ; And wee psent that the said
Chappell is ffyve myles and a halfe from the parish Church
of Warrington ; And that it is distant from New Church
Three statute myles and three quarters, therefore we present
that it is fitt to be made a pish ; And that the howses, landes,
and tenemts hereafter named, lying wthinCadished [Cadishead],
1 To the " Harmonious Consent of the Ministers of the Province of
Lancaster " his signature is attached, — his name is spelt Bagaley.
54
LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
Woulston
[Wool-
ston].
Poulton.
Fearnes-
head
[Fearn-
head].
Martins-
croft.
in the pish of Eccles, are fitt to be annexed vnto the pish affore-
said, victzt, Great Woodens [Woolden], Isabel M assies, Widdow
Naylors, George Harefootes, James Wrightes, Mathew Litlier-
landes, Erlom's howse, Richard Bentes, John Bradshaws, Will™
Bentes, Ellin Smiths, and John Litherlandes.
WEE alsoe present that the Tythes of Corne wtllin the
Towneshipp of Woulston, Poulton, Fearnehead, and Martins-
croft, haue and do belong vnto a Hospitall att Wanvicke,1 and
Doe amount to Thirtyffyve pounds p ann, one yeare \vth
another, pt of the before menconed sume of one hundred fiftie
one pounds one shillinge and eight pence ; And that the
smale tythes of pigg, goose, lambe, and wooll, amount to six
shillings Eight pence p anfi, pt of the before menconed sume
of I5iu Is 8d; And received by Gilbte Ireland of Bowsey
[Bewsey], Esqr, but how hee houldeth it wee know not ; And
for the Tyth hempe and Flax in Poulton and Fearnehead
wee are informed doth belong to Mistris Leigh of Brooke, to
the Value of 8s p anfi ; And for the Tyth hempe and fflax
in Woulston and Martinscroft wee find belonges to Mr Stan-
dish of Woulston, and to amount to 53/ p anfi, pt of the
before menconed sume of 15 111 Is 8tl ; And wee Doe p>sent
that some pt of the said Towneships is aboute two myles and
a halfe att the least after the statute myles distant from
Warrington Church, and three myles and a quarter from
Hollingfaire Chappell ; And wee present that it is fitt that
there should bee a Church built wthn Woulston, neare vnto
the howse of John Fearnehead; And wee conceive fitt that
Wilgreaue,2 Martinscroft, Woulston, and Fernehead, be
annexed vnto the said Church ; And wthn Poulton these
howses hereafr named, vz\ Widow Frith, Thomas Gandy,
Richard Clearke, and Willm Woods ; And the howses wthin
Culcheth, in Winwicke parish, Robte Higson, Richard Bnydells,
Henry Tailor, Robte Erie, Roger Arowsmith, Willm Let/ier,
James Robtson, Richard Dombell, Edmund Ashton, Richard
Monckes, Thomas Bromilow, Jonathan Dorninge, Will™ Corles,
and Chrofer Hilton; And the howses hereafter menconed
1 The Earl of Leicester's Hospital.
• A farm-house is still known by the name,— it is part of the manor of
Thelwall.
LEIGH PARISH. 55
within Croft, in Winwicke pish, vz*, TJioums Mather, George
Bromiloiv, John Key, Geffrey Mather, and Robte Higham, being
nearer to the intended Church then anie other Church.
WEE doe present that there is within the Towneshipp of Westley
Westley a Viccarage howse, with eight Acres of land, and Ldghl.
one Cottage therevnto belonging, of the yearly value of
Eight pounds p ann ; And alsoe one other howse, called
Nowell howse, and a horse milne, of the yearly value of Eight
pounds ffourteene shillings and Eight pence, and that the
proffittes of th'afforemenconed horse Milne and groundes doe
belong and are received by Mr Hahurst^ who supplyes the
Cure at the pish Church of Leigh, who is a man of good lyffe
and conv'sacon, and constant in preaching the word and in
all othr Ministeriall duties, And he hath no other pfittes out
of the said Towneshipp, And that and the tythes of West-
leigh amounteth to One hundred Twentyffower pounds
eight shillings and Two pence ; And wee doe further present
that there is a psonage howse, with Demeasne land, now
sequestred for the Delinquency of Richard Vnnston, Esqr,
and the pffittes thereof are received by the Agentes for
sequestracon, for the vse of the State of the Value of Seaventy
five poundes p ann, and that ffower ptes thereof amounting
to the sume of Sixtye pounds goes to the State, And the
ffift pt thereof belonges to the Daughters of the said
Mr Vnnston, and that there are rentes payable by the
Tenntes, in Lease therevnto belonging, the sume of Twenty
two pounds Elleaven shillings, lykewise receuved by the
Agentes for sequestracon, and wee doe conceive that the one
halfe of the said psonage and demeasne lands and rentes
afforemenconed, doe belong vnto the pish Church of Leigh,
as Church land ; And that the Tythes of the said Towne of
Westley are worth Eighteene poundes p ann, pt of the before
menconed sume of one hundred Twentyffower poundes
eight shillings and two pence, and received and allowed the
Daughters of the said Mr Vrmston in lew of the ffift pt of his
Tythes formly belonging vnto him out of the said pish, by
1 Bradley Hayhurst signed the " Harmonious Consent of the Ministers
of Lancashire," in 1648, as "preacher of the word at Leigh."
56 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
Order from the Comittee of this County ; And lastly, that
the privy tythes within the said Towneshipp are to the
value of Thirteene shillings ffower pence, and likewise
received by the agentes for Sequestracon for delinquency of
the said M'r Vrmston.
Pinning- WEE doe alsoe present that there is Tyth Corne within the
[Penning- Towneshipp of Pinington [Pennington] of the yearly value ot
ton]. fforty pounds p ann, setled vpon Mv HaJiurst, the Viccar, by
Order of Pliam*, who doth supply the Cure, and is a very able
godly Minisf, and of good lyffe and conv'sacon. There is
alsoe some privie Tyths worth Thirteene shillings ffower
pence p ann, wch belongeth to the imppriato1", MT Vrmston.
Bedford. WEE present that the Towneshipp of Bedford is within the
pish of Leigh, and that the Tythes thereof are devyded in the
said Towneshipp into two partes, the one halfe of the Tythes
arising out of the higher syde of the same Towneshipp
belonges to the psonage of Leigh, and is received by
Mr Herst^ Minist1 there, who supplyes the Cure himselfe
and the value of the said Tythes amounteth vnto the value ot
Twenty poundes p ann, pt of the before menconed sume of
One hundred twentyffower pounds eight shillings and two
pence ; And the Tyth rysing out of the other syde of the said
Towneshipp, called the Lower syde, hath bine received,
possessed, and enioyed by Mr* Agnes Traves for Eight years
last past ; And that the same Tythes belong vnto Richard
Vrmston of Kinknall, gentt, or to some ffeoffies, for his vse
of the yearly rent of ffower pounds Thirteene shillings ffower
pence, weh rent was due, and paid to MT Vrmston of the
psonage, and for his Delinquency sequestred and paid now
to the Sequestrators for the vse of the publicke, wch tythes
(if paid in kind) are of the yearly value of Twenty pounds
or thereaboutes, pt of the before menconed sume of One
hundred twentyffower pounds eight shillings and two pence.
Atherton. WEE alsoe present that there is a yearly rent charge within
the Towne of Atherton of Eight pounds p ann, payable by
1 This is a clerical error, and should be Hayhurst.
LEIGH PARISH. 57
John Atherton, Esqr, vnto Richard Vrmston, Esqr, for the
Tyth in Atherton, by vertue of a graunt made In the ffift
yeare of the Raigne of the Lady Elizabeth, late Queene of
England, of famous Memory, by Richard Vrmston, Esqr,
deceased, vnto Sr John Atherton, Knight, deceased, for certaine
yeares yett in being of the tyth in Atherton, as by relacon
vnto the said Deed it doth appeare ; And the said Tyth is
worth Twenty pounds this yeare ; And that there is a
Chappell in Atherton, distant from the pish Church of Leigh
Eight hundred and twenty poles, fyve yardes and a halfe to
the pole ; That Mr James Smith supplies the present cure
att, and a very honest man, and of good lyffe and conv'sacon,
but did not obserue the last fast day appoynted by Act ot
Pliam4, and hath for his Sallery Seaventy pounds p anri out
of the imppriated landes within the pish of Leigh, by Order
from the Comitteeof plundred Ministrs from aboue ; And wee
psent that it is fitt That that Chappell in Atherton be not
devyded nor vnited to any other, but continued to their pish
Church of Leigh.
WEE present that the Towneshipp of Asley is within the Asley
pish of Leigh, and that almost the one halfe of the Tythes of *• s
Corne there are received by MT Adam Mori, and are worth
Twelve pounds p anri ; And that Tenn pounds, pt of the
Twelve pounds, is paid by the said Mr Mart to the poore of
Asley yearly, as a guift, as appears by sufficient conveyances
made by Mr Adam Mort, late of Tildesley, grandfather vnto
the before menconed Adam Mort ; And that the other pt and
residue of the said Tythes are received by John Gest of Asley,
leased vnto him for one and Twenty yeares, whereof Elleaven
years are yett in being, by a Lease made from Sr Thomas
Tildsley, bearing date the Twentith day of March, in the
xiiijth yeare of the Raigne of the late King Charles ; And that
the said Tythes soe leased by the said ST Thomas Tildesley,
are of the yearly value of ffifteene pounds, and that the
Tythes of pigg, goose, hempe, and flax are enioyed by
RapJi Gellibrand of Asley, gen ; And are of the yearly value
of Tenn shillings, and that there is a Chappell within the said
lowneshipp wch was founded, errected, and to this day
58 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
manteyned, with all maner of materialls, as well by and att
the pper costes and charges of the said Adam Mort, deceased,
during his lyffe, As alsoe since his decease, by Adam Mort,
his Grandchyld and heire, sithence the decease of the said
Adam Mort the grandfather; And that Asley Chappell is
Three myles and a half distant from the pish Church of
Leigh, and Three myles from Atherton Chappell, and further
distant from all other Churches and Chappells ; And that
MT Thomas Crompton supplyes the Cure att the said Chappell
of Asley, And is a very honest and painefull godly preaching
Ministr, but keept not the last fast day appoynted by Act of
pliamen* ; And that hee hath for his Sallary sixteene pounds
p anfi. Issuing out of a terite called Hope house, and out of
halfe anothr terinte called Huemanes howse, lying in Tidsley,
forrSly purchased by MT Adam Mort, of Tildsley, deceased,
and by him given for and towardes the manteynance of a
Ministr att Asley, soe long as such Minisf should bee
appoynted and named by the said MT Adam Mort and his
heirs, according to the Donrs guift ; And the said Mf Crompton
came in by the appbacon of Mr Adam Mort ; And the said
Mr Crompton had fforty pounds more allowed and paid him
by the agents for sequestracon, wtun Derby hundred, for three
or fower years past ; And is not paid vnto him now, but for
what reason we know not. Wee alsoe f>sent that in Tildsley
cu Shakerley [Tyldesley cum Shakerleys], there is a Donatiue
forrnly giuen by MT Adam Mort vnto the Chappell of Asley,
for manteynance of a Ministr there, amounting to the Sume
of Sixteene pounds, and wee doe psent the Tythes wthin the
same TownePP are of the value of Twenty Eight pounds ffyve
shillings p anfi, weh said Tythes are received by seuall persons
hereafr named, vzt, the sume of Twenty pounds p anfi, pt of
the said Tythes received by MT Sherington of the Booths,
for wch hee paid Twelve pounds vnto Mr Vrmston, of the
psonage of Leigh, and now for the said Vrmston Delinquency,
sequestred and received for the vse of the State, ffoure
pounds p anfi, the pffitts of another pt of the said Tythes
received by Mr Tildsley of the Garrett, and the said
MT Tildsley paid for the same vnto M r Anderton of Lostocke
the yearly sume of fforty shillings, and the said sume of
fforty shillings for the said Mr Andertons Delinquency,
WIGAN PARISH. 59
sequestred and paid for the vse of the State, ffoure pounds
more p ann, the pffittes of another part of the said Tythes
received by Mr Shakerley of Shakerley, for wch hee payeth
fforty shillings rent yearly vnto Mr Slierington afforesaid ;
And wee Doe further psent that the small Tythes wthin the
same Townes are worth Thirty ffyve shillings p anfi, whereof
Mr Starky of Chieth,1 receiveth ffyve shillings p ann of the
said Tythes ; And Mr Vnnston, of the Parsonage of Leigh,
recd Thirty shillings p ann, being the residue of the said privie
Tythes now for his Delinquency sequestred and received for
the vse of the State.
WEE doe present that there is a pish Church wtbin Wigan, Wigan.
and a Mansion howse wtu thappurtences, called the Parsonage
of Wigan, and certaine Glebe lands therevnto belonginge, of
the yearly value of Thirtie pounds p ann, And that the
cheiffe rentes, the rentes of the Tennantes, the Milne rentes,
and the shoppe rentes are about Thirty pounds p ann, And
that the Tythe Corne within the said Towne and the privie
Tythes wtllin the same Towne are worth fforty pounds p ann ;
And that vpon the Delinquency of DoctoT Bridgman, late
Bushopp of Chester and Rector of Wigan, by Order from the
Comittie of Plundred Minist1'3, Mr James Bradshaw, now
psent Incumbent, came in and supplyed the Cure there, and
is a painefull able preaching Ministr, and hath obserued the
Cure vpon the Lordes dayes, and that hee having notice for
observacon of the last fast day, being the I3th day of this
Instant June, did not obserue the same (contrary to the Act
of this j3sent pliam*.), And that hee hath enioyed the same
Glebe landes, and received the rents, Tythes, and pffittes
thereof, or the most pt thereof, for his Salary or main-
teynance ; & that the Tythes of the said pish of Wigan are
worth 4i7n io3 8d p ann; And that there is Two Chappells
belonging to Wigan parish, the one called Billing Chappell
and the other called Hindley Chappell ; and that the Church
or Chappell of Holland did forrnly belong vnto and was pt
1 Probably intended for Cleworth Hall, in West Leigh, which was the
property of John Parr, whose daughter married Nicholas Starkie.
60 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
of the pish of Wigan vntill of late the same was seuered by
Ordinance of Parliam*;1 And that there is a rent charge
Issuing out of the Rectory of Wigan to the Cathedrall
Church of Litchfeild of the sume of Twenty pounds p an or
thereabouts, as wee are informed.
Haigh. WEE doe present that the Towne of Haigh is wthin the
pish of Wigan, and the nearer syde thereof is wthin three
quart" of a Statute Myle, and further syde thereof about
two myles from the said pish Church of Wigan, and that the
Inhabitantes therein have most frequently repaired to the
said Church, and have Seats and burialls therein, and may wth
conveniency continue soe saving those howses and tentes
that are scituate and lying nearer to Blackerod Chappell
then to Wigan Church ; and that Roger Bradsliawe, Esqr,
and his Ancestors before him, have had the Tythes wthin the
Lordshipp of Haigh, being but halfe a Towne, and paid for
the same the sume of Sixteene pounds a yeare, pt of the
before menconed some of Power hundred Seaventeene
pounds Tenn shillings and Eight pence for Diurs years last
past vnto the Rectors and Incumbentes in Wigan, and to their
Ancestors, And that hee paid the same to Mr BradsJiawe ;
the jJsent Incumbent Did but pay for the same in and
before DoctoT Massies time, Rector of the same pish Church,
the yearly sume of Three pounds Six shillings Eight pence,
and that the said rent of Sixteene pounds is the full worth
thereof one yeare with another.
Holland & WEE present that the pish Church of Holland was forrnly
ton' a Chappell belonging to the parish Church of Wigan vntill,
by a late Ordinance of pliam1,1 It was made a pish Church,
And that there is neither psonage nor Viccarridge belonging
1 28th Sept., 1646, an Act was passed for "the maintenance ot a
Preaching Minister in the Church of Holland," which provided that
"Richard Whitefield, a learned and orthodox Divine," then minister
there, and the future minister, should have all the tithes, rents, &c.
"within the ancient precincts of the sayd Church or Chappell" ; also the
tithes, &c. of the " townes of Orel, Billing, & Winstanly," which the
Rector of Wigan had heretofore enjoyed.
WIGAN PARISH. 6 1
vnto It, only wthin the said Towneshipp there is glebeland of
the value of 4s p ann, in Tythe corne 8ou p ann, and in smale
Tythes Twenty shillings p ann ; and Mr Richard Baldwin is
psent Incumbent there, a very able Minisf, a man of honest
lyffe and conversacon, but keept not the last fast Day
appoynted by Act of pliam1, and receives the proffittes of the
Glebe lands, pffittes of the smale tythes, and twelve pounds
Thirteene shillings and flower pence p anil of the pffittes of
the Tithe corne ; And the residue of the said Tyth Corne
was forrnly received by the Erie of Derby, but now sequestred
and received by the Agents for sequestracon ; and that the
said pish Church of Holland is Three myles Distant from
Wigan Church, and from Billing Chappell Two myles, after
the rate of 320 poles to the myle, and from Duglas Chappell
Three myjes after the same rate, And fitt to bee continued
a pish, and to have the Hamell of Orrell and soe many of
the howses and tentes wthin Billing and Winstanley as are
scituate and lye nearer vnto the said Church of Holland
then to the pish Church of Wigan or Church of Billing,
shalbe lykewyse continued as pt of the same pish of
Holland.
WEE doe present that the Tyth Corne and smale tythes Hindley.
\vthin Hindley doth belong to the Rector of the pish Church
of Wigan, and is of the yearly value of fforty ffyve pounds
or thereaboutes ; And that there is a Chappell lately
erected and built in Hindley afforesaid vpon the Charges of
many of the Inhabitantes thereof, and some of the Inhabi-
tantes wthin Abram, and also some of the Inhabitantes wthin
Aspull ; and that Mr Willm Willmson, an able godly and
painffull Minister and of good lyffe and convsacon, doth
execute the $nte Cure, and hath for his Salarye or mantey-
nance ffower score pounds p ann, payd by the Rector of the
pish Church of Wigan, or in default thereof the Tythes ot
Hindley and Abram (both being one Towneshipp), wch are of
the yearly value of ffourescore pounds, pt of the before
menconed sume of ffoure hundred Seaventeenc pounds
Tenn shillings and Eight pence, as by order of pliam* may
appeare; And that Hindley Chappell afforesaid is distant
62 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
from the pish Church of Wigan Three myles and forty poles,
and two myles att the least from any other Chappell or
Church ; And that wee conceive Hindley Chappell fitt to be
made a pish Church, and to have Abram annexed to it and
the howses and tenemts in Aspull hereafter menconed (vzt),
Robte Hindley, Roger Hindley, Gyles Edger, Gilbt Pennington,
Richard Greene, Bagshaw, the hale [Hall] of Gadlow [Gidlow]
and the tenntes to the same, The Hale [Hall] of Brad-
shaw & tenetes to the same, and these howses in Ince, fitt
to bee annexed to Hindley Church afforesaid, vizt, Henry
Greene and Peetr Willmson, being nearer to the said Chap-
pell of Hindley then to any other Church or Chappell
whatsoever.
Abram. WEE present that the Tyth Come and smale tythes within
Abram are received by Mr James Bradshaw, Ministr att
Wigan, who supplyes the Cure att Wigan afforesaid, and is of
the yearly value of Twenty fyve pounds or thereaboutes, pt
of the before menconed sume of ffower hundred seaventeene
pounds Tenn shillings and eight pence ; and from the
midst of the said Towne it is distant from the pish Church
of Wigan ffower Myles, and from Hindley Chappell Two
myles and a halfe and 34 poles, from Leigh two myles and a
halfe and aboue, from Newton Three myles, and from Ashton
three myles.
Billinge, WEE doe present that there is a Chappell within the Towne
ley,nS&n °f Billing wthin the pish of Wigan, that by a late Ordinance
Orrell. of pliamu the whole towne of Orrell, and the one halfe of the
Towne of Billing, and the ffourth pt of the Towne of Win-
stanley is deuyded from the pish of Wigan afforesaid and
annexed vnto the pish of Holland, some pt of them lying
nearer to the Church of Billing then to any other Church or
Chappell ; wee do conceiue that the whole Tythes in those
parts of the Towneshipp affore menconed are worth forty six
pounds p anfi, pt of the before menconed sume of fower
hundred seaventeene pounds Tenn shillings and eight
1 See note, page 60.
WIGAN PARISH. 63
pence, and they are received by Mr Richard Bowden? who is
Ministr att Holland ; and the residue of the Tythes of the
Townes afforesaid are worth Twenty three pounds p ann, pt
of the before menconed sume of fower hundred seaventeene
pounds Tenn shillings and eight pence, and doth belong
vnto the pish Church of Wigan ; And that MT James Brad-
shaiv is Incumbent there and doth receiue the same ; And
further wee say that Mf John Wright doth supply the Cure
att the Chappell of Billing, and is a very honest godly Ministr
and of good lyffe and Conv'sacon, but keept not the fast day
appoynted by Act of pliam1, and hath for his sallary fifty
pounds p ann, paid him by Mr James Bradsliaw, Ministr
att Wigan afforesaid, and a donatiue given by Thomas
Billing vnto the said Chappell of forty six shillings eight
pence p ann, and likewise ffower pounds p ann, A donatiue
given by the Inhabitantes of Billing and Winstanley ; and
the said Chappell is Distant from Wigan ffower Myles, and
from Holland two myles and a halfe, and from any other
Church or Chappell three myles. Therefore wee present
Billing fitt to be made a pish, and to have those ptes of Win-
Stanley next adioyning to them to bee annexed to the said
pish of Billinge.
WEE doe present that the Tythes of Corn within Ince Ince.
within the pish of Wigan belonges vnto Thomas Gerrard, Esqr,
and now sequestred for his Delinquency, and received by the
Agents for Sequestracon for the vse of the publique, and that
the same Tythes hath soe belonged to the said Mr Gerrard
and his Ancestors for a long tyme, and hee claimes the same
by pscripcon, And that the same is of the yearly value of
Twenty pounds p ann, out of wch tyth there issueth to Mr
James Bradsliaw, Ministr att Wigan Church, ffower pounds
p anil, being part of the said sume ot ffower hundred seaven-
teene pounds Tenn shillings and eight pence, and that the
smale tythes in the same towne are worth Three shillings
ffower pence p ann, alsoe received and enioyed by the said
1 This name was previously spelt Baldwin (see page 61), which is
probably correct.
64 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
Mr Bmdshaw for his owne vse ; and that the hamell of Ince
is but a Statute myle and a halfe from Wigan Church, and
nearer that Church then any other Church or Chappell, and
soe fitt to bee vnited to the said pish of Wigan.
Pember- WEE doe alsoe present that the Tyth Corne and some other
ton. smale tythes wthin Pemberton afforesaid doe belong vnto the
Rectory of Wigan, and are receiued and enioyed by Mr
fames BradsJiaw, the psent Incumbent there, who supplyes
the Cure there, and the same tythes are of the yearly value
of Twenty six pounds thirteene shillings fower pence, pt ot
the before menconed sume of foure hundred seaventeene
pounds Tenn shillings and eight pence ; and that the said
towne of Pemberton is nearer vnto the said Church of Wigan
then any other Church or Chappell, and soe fitt to bee keept
vnited to the said Church being not aboue a statute myle & a
halfe distant.
Aspull. WEE doe present that the towne of Aspull lyeth within the
hundred of Salford, and is wthin the parish of Wigan, and
the Tythes of Corne is worth Twenty foure pounds p anfi
one yeare wth anothr, p1 of the before menconed sume ot
4I/11 ios 8d, and that the smale tythes of pigg, goose, lamb,
and wooll are worth Tenn shillings p anfi, And that MT
fames Brads/iaw, who supplyes the Cure att Wigan, receiues
the proffittes of the said Tythes to his owne vse; and that
p* of the Towne is but about a Statute myle from the pish
Church of Wigan, and soe fitt to bee continued thereunto the
said pish Church, and not Devyded, only such howses as are
thought fitt to bee taken to Hindley Chappell or Blackerodd
Church, wch lye nearer to them or either of them. And
lastly wee Doe psent and thinke it fitt, meett, and re-
quisitt That all and every the seuall Churches and Chappells
that may be devyded from one to another or made pishes,
and are before in these or any of these psentmts menconed,
shalbe pproconablie Devyded and sepated by mates and
boundes to Distinguish the j>cinctes and lifoties of the said
pishes and Chapellries, and that such Towneshipps and
Hamells as lye betwixt any two of the said Churches and
Chappells shalbe Devyded soe as the Inhabitantes may bee
WIGAN PARISH.
members of such of them as is nearest, and not necessitated
to travell further for the beniffitt of godes ordinances then is
requisite.
PEETR KENION (L.S.)
RICHARD ASTLEY (L.S.)
THURSTON PEAKE (L.S.)
WILL.M SORROCOLD (L.S.)
EDWARD NAYLOR (L.S.)
HENRY BARROWE (L.S.)
MATHEW LOWE (L.S.)
THOMAS OKALL (L.S.)
THOMAS LYON (L.S.)
THOMAS ROTHWELL (L.S.)
THOMAS CONSTABLE (L.S.)
ADAM SHAWE (L.S.)
HUMFREY PLATT (L.S.)
WILLM TOPPING (L.S.)
WILLIAM YATES (L.S.)
WlLLM BlRCHALL (L.S.)
JOHN ROBINSON (L.S.)
Jo. ATHERTON (L.S.)
THO. BIRCH (L.S.;
ROBT MAWDESLEY (L.S.)
PETER HOLT (L.S.)
THO. CUBHAM (L.S.)1
Inquisico indentat capt apud Wigan, in Com Lane, coram Hundred
Rico Standish, Joke AtJierton, Jacobo Ashton, Alexandria de Derby-
Barlow, Robto Mawdsley, Thome Birch, Joke Hartley, Petro
Holt, Aris, et Thome Cubham, et Robto Glest, gen, Comissionar
virtute comissionis, sub sigillo magno Anglic eisdem et alijs
Comissionar in eadem nominat die Veneris, vidz* vicesimo
primo die Junij, Anno Dni Milesimo sexcentesimo et quin-
quagesimo, p sacrum Georgij Ireland de Hale, gen ; Willmi
Marsh de Cuerdley, gen ; Willmi Nailor de Windle, gen ;
Johnis Ackars de Rainhill, gen ; Johis Vause de Garston,
gen ; Henric Orme de Litle Woolton, gen ; Johis Dunbabin de
Sonkey, gen ; Robti Vause de Cronton, gen ; Willmi Man de
Sutton, gen ; Willmi Bispham de Rainford, gen ; Thome
Orrell de Parr, gen ; Thome Home de Widnes, gen ; Thome
Marsh de Bold, gen ; Willmi Glover de Speake, gen ; Michael
Beesley de Hyton, gen ; Henric Kenricke de Knowsley, gen, et
Thome Plumbe de Much Woolton, gen, pbojp et legal horn
1 None of the seals are heraldic.
F
66 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
corn pd Jur. Qui dicunt et ^sentant sup sacrum suu in his
verbis Angl sequentibus, vidzt :
Hale. Wee present that there is one pochiall Chappell within the
pish of Childwall, scituate in Hale, and is Distant by measure
from the pish Church of Childwall, after the rate of 320 poles
to the myle, six myles and fortie poles, and aboue, And
Distant from the Chappell of Garston ffyve myles ; And wee
j5sent it fitt tobee made a pish Church, and haue its boun-
deries and small ^cinctes to it, as may bee for the most con-
venyence and beneffitte of the people adjacent ; And the
reason because there is not any pson hath any seate or
buriall place within Childwall Church, and wee allott Hale
and Halebancke wth these Messuags and tenntes hereaff
menconed, being wthn Halewood, to belong to the said pish
victzt, Thomas Molyneux, Robte Norris, Will™ Miller, John
Barker, Will™ Wainewright, Hugh Wainewright, Richard
Gills, Thomas Tarleton, Edward Tarleton, Edward Waine-
wright, Will™ Leadbeater, and that the tyth of that pt of
Halewood amounteth to Nyneteene pounds p anfi, and the
smale tythes belonging to the Viccarr worth 2os p ann ; And
wee find that there is no Parsonage or Viccarage p^sentative
wthin the Tovvneshipp of Hale afforesaid, and that there is a
whyte rent1 of Three shillings ffive pence in Hale afforesaid ;
And that there is a donative of ffyve pounds given to the
Chappelrie for the manteynance of a Ministr by Thomas
Vause of Garston, late deceased ; And remaines in the hands
of Thomas Linley for the use of the Minist1 afforesaid, when
there is any that supplyes the Cure there, which is for [the]
psent vacant ; And wee find no other meanes belonging to the
Chappell of Hale afforesaid (but that aboue menconed) ; And
that the Tyth Corne wthin Hale, Halebancke, and pt off
Halewood, is worth Sixtie one pounds sixteene shillings
and ffower pence p ann, ptended to be in Lease to Mr James
Anderton of Birchley, and sequestred for his Delinquency,
and the proffitts thereof paid vnto Mr Peef Ambrose (agent
for Sequestracon), to the States vse ; And that Gilbte Ireland
1 A quit rent, anciently called a White Rent because it was paid in
silver coin.
CHILDWALL PARISH. 67
of the Hutt, Esqr, claimes to bee patron of the said Chappell
of Haile ; And that the said Mr Ireland hath and yett doth
hould the smale tythes wthin the Chappellrie of Hale and
Halebancke, and pt of Halewood, vpon a rent of Twenty ffyve
shillings p anfi, paid vnto the Viccar of Childwall (there),
which said Tyth of hemp, flax, pigg, and goose belonging to
MT Ireland afforesaid is worth Three pounds wth the Easter
dues for his house ; And likewise wee find the dues for the
Easter Role \vthin the Chappell of Hale to bee worth Three
pounds p anfi, and wee find the Tyth of Wooll and Lambe
within Hale to bee worth Three shillings foure pence p anfi,
paid to Mr Ambrose for the Delinquency of Mr James
A nderton.
WEE alsoe present that there is one pish Church within Child A-ali.
Childwall, and there is one Mansion howse belonging to the
Rectory of Childwall, lying within Garston afforesaid, to
which belonges two Chappells, wch are distant seuall myles
one from another, the said Chappell of Hale and the Chappell
of Garston, the said Chappell of Hale being distant from the
pish Church of Childwall six Myles, after the rate of 320 poles
to the myle, and Garston Chappell Three myles and a halfe
from the pish Church of Childwall afforesaid, and the one
Chappell distant from the other Three myles and a halfe,
after the rate of 320 poles to the myle ; And likewise wee find
that Mr David Ellison is the psent Incumbent att Childwall
and supplyes the Cure ; And is a painfull godly preaching
Ministr, and doth observe the Lords dayes, and fast dayes,
and dayes of humiliacon, appoynted by Act or Ordinance of
pliamen1 ; And that the Tyth Corne wthin Childwall affore-
said is worth Twelve pounds p anfi, wch is paid to the
psonage of Childwall, and the smale Tyth, as pigg, goose,
and Easter dues, to Tenn shillings p anfi, and hath an
Augmentac of his viccarrage of ffyve pounds p anfi out of
the parsonage, all wch hee hath for his Sallury or manteynance ;
And wee likewise find that these howses hereafter menconed
being pt of the pish of Walton, are fitt tobee annexed vnto
the pish of Childwall, it being the nearest adiacent Church
unto them, and usually having comne and buryed att the
parish Church of Childwall afforesaid, vidzt, Will™ Mercers,
F 2
68 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
RicJiard Greajtes, Jun, Thomas Hitchins, Will™ Brownbills,
Thomas Boultons, Robte Willmsons, widdow Longwort/is, all
being within the Thomas Laine^ Jennett Greaves of the broad
green e, Elizabeth Dannett, Thomas Ryding, Willm. Prier,
John Whytes, James Halls, the nearest of these aboue men-
coned being distant from Derby Chappell one Statute myle
and a halfe, and but one from the pish Church of Childwall.
Little WEE present that the Tyth Corn of Woolton pva, wthin
Woolton. Childwall parish, amounteth to the sume of Thirty pounds
or thereabouts, wch fon2ly belonged to Mr Anderton of
Birchley, and his p>dessessors, but by reason of his Delinquency
(doth now)2 belong to the State publique, and for divers
years last past hath bine (farmed and letten)2 by Peter
Ambrose, agent for Sequestracons for smale Tythes, as (hemp,
flax, &c.),2 hath and doth belong to the Minist18 or Viccars of
Childwall pish ; And (it is)2 worth p ann Twenty shillings.
Wee find that Thomas Orme, one of (the Inhabitants within
the) 2 said Towneship of Woolton pva, doth yearly paie for a
closse called (Alleys Hey in the)2 said Towne, and now in
his possession, vnto the Churchwardens of Childwall the sume
of (Three)2 shillings ffoure pence for the repaire of the pish
Church of Childwall afforesaid ; the said towne of Woolton
pva reacheth by boundery vnto pt of the Demesne belonging
to the Capitall mansion howse called Childwall howse,
belonging to the Erie of Derby ; And the Tyth thereof hath
fonSly bine lett to the said Erles by the said Anderton's ;
And the Tyth thereof is included in the Thirty pounds ;
And the said Towne of Litle Woolton is distant from the
said pish Church of Childwall halfe a statute myle, and fitt
to be continued to Childwall Church as pt of the parish.
Much WEE alsoe present that the Tyth Corne of Much Woolton,
Woolton. jhingwall, in Childwall pish, amounteth to the value of
Thirty two pounds p ann or thereabouts, wch forrSly belonged
to Mr Anderton of Birchley, and his pdecessors, but by
reason of his Delinquency Doth now belong to the State
1 Lambeth MS. gives " Loine."
- The words in parenthesis in Lambeth MS. only.
CIIILDWALL PARISH. 69
publique ; And for diurs yeares last past hath bine farmed
and letten by M r Peeter Ambrose, agent for Sequestrac ffor
smale Tythes, as Flax, hempe, pigg, goose, &c., hath and
doth belong vnto the Ministers or Viccars of the pish Church
of Childwall, wch Mr Norres pleads to be his vpon a rent
weh is worth Thirty shillings p anii or thereabouts. The said
Towneshipp of Woolton magna cu Thingwall, the nearest
ends are distant from the said pish Church of Childwall one
statute myle, and the furthest end two statute myles, and fitt
to be continued to the said pish Church of Childwall.
WEE alsoe present that the Tyth Corne wthin Wavertree, Wavtree
in Childwall parish, amounteth to the value of Thirty two
pounds p ann, forrSly belonged to MT Anderton of Birchley,
Esqr ; And by reason of his Delinquency doth now belong to
the State publique ; And for Diurs yeares last past, Mr Peetr
Ambrose, agent for Sequestrac, hath farmed and letten the
same to diurs psons ; the smale tythes of pigg, goose, &c.,
belongeth to the Viccar of Childwall, and is worth Thirty
shillings p anfi. The said Towne of Wav'tree is distant
from the said pish Church of Childwall, the nearest end
halfe a statute myle, and the further end about Two myles ;
and wee ^sent it fitt to bee continued to the pish Church of
Childwall.
WEE doe present that we find a Chappell wthin Garston Garston.
that is very ancient (and in Ruine and decaye), and that there
is no Incumbent for the psent there lying within the pish of
Childwall, and that it is Distant from the pish Church of
Childwall, on the nearest syde two statute myles, and the
further syde about ffower statute Myles and a halfe, and from
the Chappell of Hale ffyve myles, wch wee psent fitt to bee
made a pish Church, and the Towneshipp of Speak, Garston,
and Allerton, to bee annexed to it, except that pt of Eggburth
[Aigburth] that lyeth next to Toxteth pke Chappell, within
Garston, it being the next adiacent Church vnto them ; and
wee find the Tyth of Garston afforesaid worth Thirty six
pounds p ann ; And wee find the tythe of Speake worth
fforty pounds p ann ; And wee find the Tyth of Allerton
afforesaid worth Twenty pounds p anfi ; And we psent that
70 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
Mr James Anderton is the psent Imppriator or owner of the
seuall sumes afForesaid by Lease from the Bushopp of Chest* ;
And by reason of the said Mr Andertons Delinquency, is
and hath bine sett and farmed by Mr Peeter Ambrose^ Agent
for Sequestracofi for the vse of the publique. There is alsoe
one pt of a Messuage or tefite, called Garston hall, in posses-
sion of Anne Hitchmougli, tefite att will for wch shee payeth
one pound Thirteene shillings and flower pence to MT Ander-
ton for a racke rent as land belonging to the said pish of
Childwall ; And wee likewise find that the privy tythes in
Garston, Due to the Viccarage of Childwall is woth p ann
Thirty shillings, excepting hempe, wch Mr Latlwm of Aller-
ton claimes to pscribe for, and for hempe and flax of Allerton,
paying fyve shillings p ann, wch is worth Twenty fyve
shillings ; And alsoe the smale Tyth of Childwall paid to the
Viccar of Childwall worth Thirty shillings p ann ; And wee
find the smale Tyth of Speake to be worth fforty shillings
p ann ; And MT Norris Doth pay Sixteene shillings p ann
for the Tyth hempe, flax, pigg, and goose of Speake, Oglett,
Much Woolton, Litle Woolton, and Easter roale,1 for his
owne howse, and the Tyth goose and pigg for Garston by
way of pscripcon, wch is worth in Speake and Oglett, hempe
and flax, pigg and geese in Garston, fforty shillings for pigg
and goose, &c., Much Woolton and Litle Woolton, Twenty
shillings ; And wee psent that the smale tyth wthin Allerton
paid to the Viccar of Childwall is worth ffifteene shillings
p ann.
Prescott WEE present that there is within the said Towne of Prescott
°^' a very large Church, called Prescott pish Churche, and a
Mansion and dwellinghowse, called the Viccaradge, and a
gardin, Orchard, and two Crofts, therevnto belonging, con-
teyning about Two statute acres and a halfe, worth ffyve
pounds p ann, from time to tyme to tyme,2 enioyed and held
by the p\ent Viccar or Minist', as belonging to the said
Viccarage ; And that the smale tythes wthin the whole pish of
Prescott, as wee conceiue, have belonged and still doe belong
1 Lambeth MS. "roule."
2 The words "to tyme" repeated in the original as above ; in Lambeth
MS. they are struck out.
PRESCOT PARISH. 71
vnto and bcene receiued by the said Viccar or Minist1, and
that the said smale tythes within the said Towne are of the
value of fforty shillings p ann, or thereabouts, one yeare with
another, and that the Tythes of Corne within the said pish
are imppriated to the Kings Colledge in Cambridge, and
have bine ever since received, and had, as wee conceiue, by
the provost and schollers of the said Colledge, or their ffarmers,
and that they Imppriat tythes wthin Prescott are worth, one
yeare wth another, ffifty shillings p ann, or thereabouts ; And
that Mr Date,1 late Viccar there, dyed about Easter last, who
had andenioyed the said Viccaradge and smaleTythes,and that
the same place is for the psent supplyed by one Mr Richard
West/tead, Schoole-Mastr att Farneworth, and as it is con-
ceived on the behalfe of Mr Larking Ellected Viccar att
Prescott by the said Colledge, but as yett not comne downe ;
And that the said MT WestJiead, we have heard it reported,
hath and receiueth for his salury, in lew of his said service,
the sume of ffifteene shillings ffor every Lordes Day he
officiates att the same Church, by the Dirrection of the said
Mr Larkin, as is alsoe reported ; And that the said Church
is scituated in the west pt of the said pish, and about two
statute myles of the pish Church of Hyton [Huyton], being
the nearest Church to Prescott ; And that there is foure
Chappells wthin Prescott pish, vzl, S* Ellen [S* Helen's]
Chappell, Rainforth Chappell, ffarneworth [Farnworth]
Chappell, and Soukye [Sankey] Chappell, and alsoe an ould
ruinated building, called Windle Shaw Chappell,3 distant
seuall myles from the said pishe Church.
WEE present that the said Towne of Whishton is within Whiston.
the pish of Prescott, and lyeth on the South syde of the pish
Church of Prescott, distant from the same about a quarter of
a Myle, the nearest pt thereof, and the furthest pt thereof is
not aboue one Myle and a quarter, and that the smale tythes
of the same Towne haue bine paid constantly vnto the Viccar
of the said pish, as belonging to the said Viccarage, and
worth p ann Three pounds, and that the Tyth of Corne wthin
1 Richard Day. 2 Edward Larking.
3 Situate in Windle- with- Hardshaw Township.
72 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
the same Towne have still bine gathered and received by
the pvost and Schollers of the said Kings Colledge or their
ffarmors, as Impropriate Tythes belonging to them, and worth
about Twenty two pounds p anfi.
Rainhill. WEE alsoe present that the said Towne of Rainhill is
within the pish of Prescott, and the nearest pt thereof is
distant from Prescott Church about one Statute myle, and
the furthest pt thereof is distant from the said Church about
two statute myles and a halfe, and that the smale Tythes
wthin the same Towne being worth Three pounds tenn
shillings p ann, were received by the said Mr Dale and
his pdecessors, as belonging to the said Viccarage ; And that
the Tyth Corne wthin the same Towne hath bine enioyed by
the said Mr Daye, as ffarmour thereof vnto the said Colledge,
att the yearly rent of flower pounds, and that the said Tyth
Corne is worth about Twenty two pounds p Ann. The rent
of ffoure pounds therein included.
Eccleston. WEE doe present that the Towne of Eccleston is within
the pish of Prescott, and the nearest pt thereof is wthin a
quarter of a myle of the said Church of Prescott, and the
furthest pt thereof is distant from the said Church about three
myles ; And that the said Mr Day in his lyffe tyme, and
others his pdecessors, received and had the smale Tythes
wthin the same Towne, as belonging to the said Viccarage,
worth p anfi ffower pounds, or thereabouts ; And that the
Tyth Corne wthin the said Towne hath bine received and
gathered by the ffarm" vnder the provost and Schollers of
the said Colledge, and is worth p Ann ffiftie poundes, or
thereabouts.
\Vindle. WEE present that the said Towne of Windle is wthin the
pish of Prescott, and that the smale tythes wthin the same
Towne have beene received and gathered by the said
Mr Day, Deceased, and his pdeccessors, and are worth p anfi
about ffoure pounds, and that the Tyth Corne wthin the said
TownePP hath bine receiued and gath'ed by the ffarmors vndr
the Provost and Schollers of the said Colledge, and are worth
PRESCOT PARISH. 73
p anfi ffifty pounds, or thereabouts ; And that there is a
Chappell wthin the same Towne, called S* Ellen [St. Helen's]
Chappell, scituate in Hardshaw, wthin Windle afforesaid,
distant from the said pish Church of Prescott Three statute
myles and a qua'tr, and a halfe q'ter, and that there is not
any other Church or Chappell nearer vnto them ; And that
the Towneshipp of Parr, and pt of the Towneshipp of
Sutton, and the nearest pt of the TownePP of Eccleston are
fitt to bee annexed to the said Chappell, called S* Ellin
Chappell, together wth the Townepp of Windle, are fitt to bee
made a pish, and that Mr RicJiard Mawdisley1 is Minist1
and teacher att the said Chappell, and came in by the ffree
choyce and ellection of the Inhabitants wthin the said
Chappellry; And that hee hath had for some tymes past
fforty pounds p anri paid him out of the Sequestracons
in Derby hundred, in part of his sallary ; And now hee hath
his mainteynance by the gratuity of his hearers in Addicon
to the sume of foure pounds twelve shillings and ffoure pence,
being the Intrest of seuall sumes of Mony given towards the
manteynance of a Minist1 att the same Chappell, and that
the said Mr Mawdesley is a painfull Ministr, and doth serue
his Cure dilligently vpon the Lords dayes ; but Thursday, the
13th day of this instant June, being appoynted by Act of
pliam* for a ffast day of Humiliacon, hee did not obserue ;
And the Tyth Corne belonging vnto the Kinges Colledge in
Cambridge hath bine vndr Sequestracon for the Delinquency
of James Erie of Derby, being the ffarmor of the said Tythes ;
And wee beleeue the lease is ended. The howses hereafter
menconed, lying in Eccleston afforesaid, and nearest vnto
S* Ellin Chappell, of any Church or Chappell wee conceiue
fittest to bee annexed vnto the Chappell afforesaid ; vidzt,
Richard Hollands, Willm. Woods, John Tunstalls, Henry
Longroes, Willm. Bibbie, Robte Cropp, Katherine Heskin,
Richard Bretherton, Robte Tyrer, George Rainford, Hagh
Webster, John Cowley, Andrew Tailor, Raph Holland, John
Cowley, Edward Potts, George Lyon, Henry Prescott, Fosters
howse, Thomas Lyon, John Barrow, Willm. H ought on, Anne
1 " Richard Maudsley, pastor at Ellens," signed " The Agreement of
the People."
74 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
Tarbucke, Denton howse, Thomas Kenyan, Henry Webster,
Leonard Tyrer, James Lyon, John Trauese, John Trauese
Jun, Ackers howse, as alsoe pt of the Inhabitants of
Haydocke, family in the pish of Winwicke, as folio weth ;
vidzt, Thomas Kenion, Willm. Hurst, Widow Arrowsmith,
James Godson, Will™ Bate, and Peetr Leyland.
Parr. WEE present that Parr is a towne within the parish of
Prescott, being distant from the said pish Church of Prescott
ffoure Statute myles and a quarr, and from S4 Ellens Chapell
one statute myle and a halfe, wch is the nearest to it ; and wee
conceaue the Towne of Parr fitt to be annexed to the pish
of S* Ellen Chappell, and it to bee made a pish Church ;
And wee present the Tythes wthin the Towneshipp of Parr
is worth fforty pounds p ann, wch is Due vnto the Kings
Colledge in Cambridge, and the smale tythes are worth
ffiftie shillings p ann, and are due to the Viccar of Prescott.
Sutton. WEE alsoe present that Sutton is a Towne wthin the parish
of Prescott, and is distant from the parish Church of Prescott
two statute myles, and the west syde and the east syde of
Sutton is distant from the pish Church of Prescott fyve statute
myles, And the north syde thereof distant from S4 Ellens
Chappell but a hundred roods ; And wee conceaue it fitt to
bee ioyned to the pish of S* Ellens, saving Browne Hedge
and Henginge [Hanging] Bridge ; And alsoe the South syde,
distant from S* Ellens Chappell three statute myles, And
from Farneworth Church Three myles. Wee psent the Tyth
Corne wthin Sutton to bee worth Seaventy pounds p ann,
Due to the Kings Colledge of Cambridge ; And the smale
tythes to bee worth Six pounds p ann, due to the Viccar of
Prescott ; And that there is one Gleabe land in the possession
of Robt. Greenehalgh, worth fifyve shillings p ann, belonging to
the Kings Colledge of Cambridge, And one acre more of
the same gleebland in the possession of John Tarbocke of
Sutton, worth One shilling eight pence p ann ; And that
there is six acres of Colledge land, late, in the possession of
Thomas Ellom of Sutton, Deceased, worth Twenty shillings
p ann, and Latly paid by the said Ellom vnto Mr Fazakerley
of Kirkby.
HUYTON AND PRESCOT PARISHES. 75
WEE also present that there are Three townes wthin the Hyton
parish of Hyton [Huyton], vidzt, Hayton [Huyton] cQ Robie
[Roby], Knowsley, and Tarbocke [Torbock] ; And that the
said Townes for the most pt are not aboue one statute myle
and a halfe distant from the said pish Church of Hyton
[Huyton], by reason whereof wee find and say it is fitt to
bee continued together, and no necessity of any Chapell to
bee built; And wee find that the Imppriacon of the Tythes
wthin the Townes afforesaid are worth One hundred and ffifty
pounds p anfi : there is one Viccarage psentative wthin the said
pish, which is worth p Ann Tenn pounds. As alsoe Eighty
pounds deducted from the Imppriacon afforesaid, wch is in the
hands of Mr Will™ Bell, the pastor, And is paid to the said
Mr Bell as a Minister Itinerant wthin this County, by Mr
Pollard, the receiv1 of the revenues of the Duchy of Lancastr.
There are alsoe chieffe rents worth ffower shillings p ann ; the
ppriato1 and possesso1" of the Imppriacon afforesaid is Richard
Lord Viscount Mollyneux ; the pffitts and beneffitts of the
Viccarage afforesaid is in the hands of M T Lawrence Starkie;
And the psent Incumbent att the same pish Church of Hyton
[Huyton], is Mr Willm. Bell, a man well qualiffyed for
all pts, and a godly studious preaching Ministr, who came
into that place by the free Ellection of the people, and
Approbacon of the Parliamente.
WEE present that there is a pochiall Chappell wthin Fame- Widnes cu
worth in Widnes wthin the parish of Prescott, and it is distant
from the said Chappell to the said pish Church of Prescott
ffoure statute myles and three quart18, and foure statute myles
and vpwards to the Chappell of Sonkey [Sankey], wch are
the nearest adiacent Churches and Chappells, soe that wee
thinke fitt that the said Chappell of Farneworth should bee
made a pish Church, and that these howses hereafr menconed
being nearer to the said Chappell then any other, and lying
wthin Rainhill, are fitt to bee annexed to it ; vzt, Henry
Sutton, Will™ String fellow, Robt. Whittlow, Ann LancasF,
Widow, Thomas Mercer sen., Willm Potter, Thomas Deane,
Thomas Ackers, Willm Parr, Thomas Mercer Junior, Richard
Ackers, John Ackars, Willm Ackars, Thomas Wainwright,
Lawrence Ley ; And that the Tyth Corne within the said
76 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
Towne is the Inheritance of the Kings Colledge in Cambridge,
and enioyed by their Leosoes1 and ffarmors, wch is worth p ami
Seaventy pounds, and hath forrrlly bine farmed by the Earle
of Derby, and now is sequestred for his Delinquency ; And
that MT Willm. Garner formly supplyed the Cure att
ffarnworth afforesaid, and had ffifty pounds p anri for his
sallury, paid by Mr Peeter Ambrose out of the Sequestracon
afforesaid ; And for the psent there is none that supplyeth
the Cure there, In respect, there is but Three pounds six
shillings eight pence p anri, wch is allowed by Pattent out of
the Revenues of the Dutchy of Lancr for the preaching
Minist1 there ; And one Donatiue of Tenn pounds geven by
Thomas Vause, late of Garston, deceased, the interest of wch
goes to the vse of the Manteynance of a Caching Ministr att
Farneworth ; And the smale Tythes belong to the Viccar att
Prescott, being worth Nyne pounds p ann, or thereabouts,
one Tyme wth another ; And some smale Tythes belonging
to the Earle of Derby, amounting to the sume of ffyve
shillings p anri.
Bold. WE alsoe present that Bold is a Towneshipp wthin the pish
of Prescott, and is fyve statute myles distant from the pish
Church of Prescott afforesaid, and from Farnworth Chappell
but about halfe a statute myle, soe that wee conceiue that
Farnworth Chappell should be made a pish Church ; And
Bold afforesaid annexed to it, saucing certaine families taken
from Bold by Burton wood and Sankey ; And that there is
one Donatiue of ffyve pounds, the interest whereof is given
by John Marsh, of Bold, for the vse of a Caching Ministr att
Farneworth ; And wee psent that the Tythe Corne wthin Bold
afforesaid belongs to the Kings Colledge in Cambridge, and
is worth p anri Seaventy six pounds, and was formly farmed by
the Earle Q{ Derby, and is now sequestred for his Delinquency ;
and the whytt tyth belonging to the Viccar of Prescott
amount to the sume of ffower pounds p anri, excepting the
smale tyth wthin the Demesne of Bold, and the tyth of hempe
and flax, pigg, goose, and haie wthin the Lordship of Bold,
the Tyth of hempe, flax, pigg, and goose wthin. Cuerdley, and
1 Lambeth MS. erives "Lessees.*
PRESCOT PARISH. 77
the Tyth of Hempe and fflax wthin Sutton and Sankey, wch
the said Mr Bold and his Ancestors haue ptended a Ascrip-
tion for, and pay for the same ffourty shillings p ann to the
Viccarr of Prescott, and is worth p ann in kind ffyve
pounds.
WEE present that there are two hamells, called Cuerdley Cuerdley
and Cronton, wthin the pish of Prescott, wch make but one £o™
Towne, wch are distant from the Chappell of ffarneworth
one myle and a quart1, for the most pt Three hundred and
twenty poles to the myle; And that ffarneworth Chappell
is fitt to bee made a pish, and the Townes of Cuerdley and
Cronton afforesaid to bee annexed to it ; and the Tyth Corne
of the Townes afforesaid are worth p Ann ffiftye foure
pounds, belonging to the Kings Colledge in Cambridge,
and fornlly farmed by the Earle of Derby, and now vndr
Sequestracon for his Delinquency, and the smale Tythes
belong to the Viccarage of Prescott, and worth Six pounds
p ann, and lykewise the Tyth hay of Cuerdley, Elleven
shillings and Sixpence p ann, wch the tennts there clames to
pscribe for, worth in kind Thirty shillings p ann.
WEE doe present that the Towne and Hamlett of Ditton is Ditton.
within the parish of Prescott, and is distant from the said
pish Church ffowre myles and vpwards, but is only distant
from Farnworth Church a myle and a halfe, for the most
part, or thereabouts, att 320 poles to the myle ; And that
Farneworth Chappell is fitt to bee made a pish Church, and
the Towne of Ditton afforesaid to bee annexed to it ; and
that the Tyth Corne of the Towne afforesaid is worth
Thirty pounds p ann, and belongs to the Kings Colledge in
Cambridge, and forrSly farmed by the Earle of Derby, and
now vnder Sequestracon for his Delinquency ; and the smale
tythes thereof belong to the Viccar of Prescott and worth
p ann ffower pounds, and hath no Donatiues nor other
proffitts belonginge to it.
WEE present that the Townes of great Sankey and Penketh Penketh &
are wthin the pish of Prescott, and that the Inhabitants within
the said Towneshipps have lately, of their owne Cost and
78 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
Charges, errected and built a Chappell wthin Sankey afforesaid,
in respect they are distant from the said pish Church of
Prescott Eight Statute myles or thereabouts, from Fame-
worth Church foure myles or thereabouts, and from War-
rington Church three myles and a halfe or thereabouts. In
respect of wch wee conceaue and psent, That it is fitt that the
said Chappell of Sankey shalbee made a pish ; And wee alsoe
say and psent that the Tyth Corne within the said Townes
of Sankey and Penketh belong to two seuall pties, whereof
that pt wch belonges to the Kings Colledge in Cambridge, and
forrSly farmed by the Earle of Derby, and now vndr Seques-
tracon for his Delinquency, is worth ffifty one pounds p ann ;
And that pt of Tyth Corne wch belongs to Gilbte Ireland,
Esqr, out of Sankey afforesaid, is worth p ann fourteene
pounds ; And that the smale Tythes wthin the same Townes
belongs to the Viccar of Prescott, and worth p ann ffyve
pounds, wth the Tyth of hempe and fflax, wthin the Towne of
Sankey, wch Mr Bold clames to hould by Ascription. These
howses hereafter menconed, wee psent fitt to bee taken from
Litle Sankey, in the pish of Warrington, and annexed vnto
the pish of Great Sankey ; vidzt, Randle Barnes, Raph Banks,
Richard Barrow, Richard Devisse ; And lykewise wee find
fitt these howses in Bold hereafter menconed, fitt to bee
vnited vnto the said pish, vz* ; Barrow Hall, Richard Nations,
Thomas Wainewright, Willm. Tailor, Thurstan Horrobin,
John B(annerv), Henry Horrobin, Will™ Marsh, John B(rich*),
Thurstan J3(ric/t1),2 John Stringfellow, Henry Darbishire,
Richard Ackers ; And from Cuerdley, Richard Jenings, Mr
Saxsmith, John Leigh, Gilbt Warburton, John Johnson, and
from Burtonwood Gerrard Heyes.
Rainford. WEE doe present that there is a Chappell within Rainforth
afforesaid, in the pish of Prescott, wch is distant from the said
pish Church of Prescott Six or Seaven statute myles, and
from S* Ellen [St. Helen's] Chappell, wthin the said pish,
ffoure myles, 320 poles to the myle ; from Billing Chappell, in
Wigan pish, Three myles and a halfe, and from Holland
1 Lambeth MS.
2 This name and the preceding one should probably be Birch.
PRESCOT PARISH. 79
Church about ffower statute myles ; and there is not any
howses of (habitation1) wthin two myles Distance of the said
Chappell of Rainforth, but what (houses1) are scituate within
the said Towne of Rainforth ; And that Mr Timothy Smith
doth now officiate as Ministr there, and is the psent Incumbent
there, and [is an2] orthodox godly preaching Minisf, and
came into the said place by the consent of the Chapellrie,
and fornily received for his sallary The sume of fforty pounds
p Ann, Allowed to the said Chappell out of the Sequestracons ;
And wee do alsoe psent that there is a stocke of Three
score pounds, or thereabouts, given by seuall psons deceased,
for the vse of a Minister att the said Chappell, and for want
of such a Minist1 att the said Chappell, the vse thereof to goe
to the vse of the poore of the same Towne. The tyth Corne
of the said Towneshipp hath heretofore beene paid to the
Kings Colledge in Cambridge, and there farmrs, being worth
fforty pounds p ann, and beene farmed formly by the Earle of
Derby, and Sequestred for his Delinquency, and putt for the
vse of the State ; And that the smale Tythes of the said
Towne hath bine yearlie paid to the Viccar of Prescott, being
worth Three pounds Six shillings and Eight pence p ann, or
thereabouts ; And that there is a Chappell yard belonging
to the said Chappell, vpon wch is errected a smale pcell of
building called the Chappell Chamber, wherein the Minist1
of the said Chappell did sometime Hue, and was sometymes
heretofore vsed for a Schoole-house ; And now in possession
of Raph Smith during the Townes pleasure.
AND lastly Wee doe psent and thinke it meet, fitt and
requisite that all and every the seilall Churches and Chappells
that may bee devyded from one to anothr, or made pishes,
And are before in these or any of these psentments menconed,
shalbee proporconably seperated, devyded, and seuered by
mates and bounds to distinguish the pcincts and liberties of
the said pishes and Chappellries, and that such Towneshipps
and Hamletts as lye betwixt any two of the said Churches
and Chappells shal be devyded soe as the Inhabitants may be
1 Lambeth MS.
2 These words are omitted in the original and Lambeth MS.
80 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
members of such of them as is nearest, and not necessitated
to Travell further for the benefitt of Gods Ordinance then is
requisitt.
GEORGE IRELAND (L.S.) WILLM MARES (L.S.)
WILLM. MARSH (L.S.) WILLM BISPHAM (L.S.)
WILLM NAILOR (L.S) THOMAS ORRELL (L.S.)
JOHN ACKERS I /T S ) THOMAS HOURNE (L.S.)
0 his Marke j (' THO. MARSH (L.S.)
JOHN MossE1 (L.S.) WILLM GLOVER (L.S.)
HENRY ORME, (L.S.) HENRY KENNRICKE (L.S.)
JOHANNES DUNBABIN (L.S.) MICHAELL BEYSLEY* (L.S.)
ROBTE VocE2 (L.S.) THOMS PLOMBE (L.S.)
J. ATHERTON (L.S.)
THO. BIRCHE (L.S.)
ROBT. MAWDESLEY (L.S.)
THO. CUBHAM (L.S.)
PETER HOLT (L.S.)5
Hundred Inquisico Indentat capt apud Wigan in Com Lane coram
de Derby. ^CQ Standjsfit Johne Atherton, Jacobo Asheton, Alexandria
Barlow, Thotna Birch, Robto Mawdesley, Johne Hartley, Aris.,
Et TJwma Cubham et Robto Glest, gen, Comissionar virtute
cujusdem Comissionis sub sigillo magno Anglise eisdem et
alijs Comissionar in eadem noiat die Saturnia, vidzt, Vicesimo
secundo die Junij Anno dni Millessimo sexcentesimo et quin-
quagesimo p s&rwm.Edriffazakerley de Maghull, gen ; Samuell
Aspinnall de Toxteth pke, geii ; Johis Boare de Ayntree,
gen ; Robti Turner de fifazakerley, gen ; Willi de Smith de
Derby, gen; Rid Blackmore de Kirkdall [Kirkdale], gen;
Rid Crosse de Mellinge, gen ; Jacobi Tyrer de fformbye, gen ;
Rid Halsall de fford, gen ; Willi Hunt de Magna Crosby,
gen ; Anthonij Wetherby de Lunt, gen ; Henrid Aspinnall de
Magno Crosby, gen ; Thome Pye de Lideate, gen ; Willmi
1 Page 65, "John Vause." 2 Page 65, " Robert Vause."
3 Page 65, " William Man." 4 Page 65, " Michael Beesley."
5 All plain Seals except that of T. Birche, which shows a fragment of
a fleur-de-lys.
WALTON-ON-THE-HILL PARISH. 8 1
Wilson de Lideate, gen ; Johni Johnson de Mailing, gen ;
Rid Atherton de Kirkby, gen, et Edri Chambers de Lev'poole,
gen, pbo^ et legal homifi Com jJd Jur. Qui dicunt et psentant
in his verbis anglicanis sequentibus, vidzt :
WEE present and find that there is within the Towneshipp Walton
of Walton cu Fazakerley an ancient pish Church called
Walton Church, and a psonage howse and lands thereunto
belonging, of the value of ffower pounds two shillings and
ffower pence p ann, and Tythes within the said Towneshipp
of the yearly value of Three score and fyve pounds twelve
shillings and ffower pence p ann, belonging and in the
possession of MT Will™ Ward, psent Incumbent there, who
doth supply the Cure and is a godly able Ministr. There is
also one other howse called the Viccarage, wth a yard, orchard,
and garden thereunto belonging, of the yearly value of Thirty
shillings, in the possession of Mr Nevill Key,1 the psent
Viccar there, who is also a godly able Minister.
WEE alsoe present and find that there is in Toxteth parke Toxteth
pkea cu
a Chappell called Toxteth Chappell, and that Mr Haggon* smithon
is Minist1 there, and is an appved Ministr, and hath for his [Toxteth
on i /v /• 1 «-o i /• i -i cum Smith-
ballary or manteynance the pfntts of the Tyths of the said don].
Town or hamell, wch wee conceiue to be worth nearly fforty
ffyve pounds p ann, and an Addiconal sume of Tenn pounds
from MT Ward, Rector of Walton ; And that the said Chap-
pell of Toxteth pke is farr distant from any other Church or
Chappell, and therefore wee thinke it very fitt to bee made a
pish, and that these howses in Aighburgh [Aigburth], family
wthin the pish of Childwall, to bee added vnto it, vidzt, John
Walwortlis, Thomas Seddon, Richard Fisher, Raph Whittfeld,
Nehemiah Bretter, John Holland, George Laivrenson.
WEE also present within the said pish of Walton there Kirkby.
is an ancient pochiall Chappell called Kirkby Chappell, and
1 The Vicar's name was Neville Kaye.
2 Toxteth Park, though situate in the parish of Walton, has, until
quite recently, been considered "extra parochial." [See Lancaster
Parish.]
8 This name should be Huggins or Huggin.
G
82 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
that the said Chappell is distant from there said pish Church
ffoure myles and a halfe, and from Melling Chappell within
the pish of Halsall nere two myles, and from any other
Church or Chappell foure myles att least ; and that the
present pffitts belonging to Kirkby Chappell is a litle howse
and Orchard, A Chappell yard, and a Litle Croft about
Three rood land, all worth p anh Twelve shillings fower
pence; And that the Tythes of the said Towne of Kirkby
are worth nifty two pounds Tenn shillings p ann, Whereof
the Minisf there hath had after the rate of fforty one pounds
six shillings eight pence p ann, and Mr Kay, Viccar att
Walton, hath had Twenty three shillings and ffower pence,
and that Mr* Clare, the wiffe of Docto* Clare, fornlly Rector of
Walton, and a delinquent hath had the rest allowed her for
a (ffifth)1 pt; And wee psent that Mr Pickering, the late
Minisf of Kirkby afforesaid, hath left his Cure there, and
the place as yett vacant ; And wee doe conceiue it fitt that
Kirkby Chappell bee made a pish Church, and that there
is a smale hamlett called Simonswood about two myles dis-
tant from Kirkbie, [from] wch hath formly bine paid the yearly
rent of Three pounds one shilling and fower pence to the
Rector of Walton for Tyth Corne and Hay. And alsoe they
vsually haue paied to the Rector of Walton, Tyth Wooll and
Lambe in kind, worth p ann one pound, and alsoe the said
Simonswood have vsually paid to the afforesaid Kirkbie the
yearly due of Eight shillings for seuall lifcties they hold in the
Chappelrie of Kirkbie ; Alsoe they have vsually paid to the
Viccarr of Walton tyth hempe and flax, the value and
worth about ffoure shillings p ann ; And in regard the said
Simonswood is nearer to Kirkbie, wee think it fitt to bee
joyned to Kirkbie, and so made pcell of the said parish.
Formbie WEE present that in Formby, wthin the pish of Walton,
°nnby]. there jg an Ancient pochiall Chappell, called Formby
Chappell, And that MT John Walton is the psent Incumbent
there, and supplyes the Cure, and is an honest godly Ministr ;
And wee doe find the pffitts of the said Towneshipp to bee
for a Cottage Twelue pence p ann. The tythes in the said
1 Lambeth MS.
WALTON-ON-THE-HILL PARISH. 83
Towne are worth Three score and tenn pounds p ami, wch the
said Mr Walton hath and receiveth for his Salury, and payeth
out of the same Tenn pounds p ann vnto the said wyffe of
Doctor Clare, according to an Order of the Honble Comittee
of plundred Ministers ; and wee doe find the said Towne of
Formby to bee eight myles from their pish Church, and two
myles Distant from any other Church or Chappell, and wee
therefore thinke it fitt to bee a pish of it selfe.
WEE doe present that the Towne of Everton is within the Everton.
pish of Walton, and that the Tythes of the same Towne are
worth Sixteene pounds p ann ; And that MT Kay, Viccarr
of Walton, receiveth fnfteene pounds and fifteene shillings
yearly of the said Tythes, and MT Ward, who supplyes the
Cure att Walton, together wth the said MT Kay, receiveth
ffyve shillings, the remaindr thereof for the smale tythes in
Everton.
WEE present that in West Darbye there is an anncient West Dar-
Chappell within the said pish of Walton, called Derby
Chappell, and distant from any Church or Chappell Three
myles and vpwards, and the Tythes of the said Towneshipp
are worth One hundred and fforty pounds p ann, Two pts of
wch tythes are paid to M r Ward, Ministr att Walton, and a
Third pt to Mr Norcott? a godly Minist1 who supplies the
Cure att the said Chappell of Derby, and wee thinke it fitt
to bee made a pish Church ; and wee find it convenient and
needfull that there should be a Church errected and built in
or neare Prescott laine [Lane], within West Derby afforesaid,
for the vse of the Inhabitants there, They being two myles
distant from any Church or Chappell.
WEE doe present that Kirkdale is a Towneshipp wthin Kirkdale.
Walton pish, and thez The tythes of the same Towne are
worth Twenty eight pounds p ann, and Mr Ward, Ministr of
Walton, receiueth the pffitts of the said tythes, except about
1 William Norcott signed the " Harmonious Consent, &c.," in 1648,
being the " minister at West Derby."
2 Lambeth MS. has " and that the tythes."
G 2
84 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
Thirty shillings in smale tythes and Dues wch Viccar Kay
receiveth, and the said Towne lyeth neare the pish Church of
Walton, and is fitt to be continued pcell of the said pish of
Walton for the ease of the Inhabitants.
WEE present and find that in the Towne and Burrough
of Liupoole, wthin the said pish of Walton, There is an
anncient pochiall Chappell, called Liupoole Church, and
neither psonage nor Viccarage thereunto belonginge, and
that MT John ffogg^ a godly painfull Minister, supplyes
the Cure there, and came in by Elleccon of the Maior and
Comon Councell, and that the said Mr Fogg receiues for
his Sallary all the beniffitt of the Tythes growing and
aryseing wthin the Libties and pcincts of the said Towne by
an Order of the Comittee of plundred Minist™, wch Tythes
are of the yearly value of Seaventy ffyve pounds p Ann ;
Alsoe hee further receiues the sume of Tenn pounds p anfi
by way of Augmentacon from Walton, or the Recto1 thereof,
and also the anncient yearly Allowance of ffower pounds 15".
yearly from the receiv* of the late kings revenues fforth of
the publique receipts of the same Revenues, save and except
that the said Mr Fogg payes out of the Tythes of Liupoole
Elleaven pounds Tenn shillings vnto Doctor Clares wiffe,
according to an Order of the honnorble Comittie of plundred
Minist" ; And wee Doe find that the said pochiall Chappell
is farr remote from any other Church or Chappell, and
therefore doe conceiue itt fitt to bee made a pish of it selfe.
Bootle cu WEE alsoe present and find that the Towneshipp of Bootle
[Booder c^ Lynaker, lyeth within the parish of Walton, and hath no
cum Lin- Ecclesticall benerfitts (except the Tythes, wch wee conceiue
to bee worth Thirteene pounds six shillings and eight pence
p anfi in the towne of Bootle, and that Mr Ward receiues
the proffitts of the said Tythes ; And wee fynd the Tythes
of Linaker to bee worth Six pounds thirteene shillings and
ffoure pence p anfi ; And that the said Mr Key [Kay], Viccarr
1 Baines and the late Canon Raines have mis-read this name. John
ffogge, not Hogg, is the name; it is appended both to the "Agreement
of the People" and to the " Harmonious Consent."
WALTON-ON-THE-HILL AND SEPHTON PARISHES. 85
of Walton, receiues the pffitts of the said Tythes, and Tenn
shillings more out of Bootle ; And wee doe find the said
Towneshipp of Bootle and Linaker to lye neare vnto their
pish Church of Walton, not aboue two myles distant, and
therefore doe conceiue it fitt to bee continued pt of the said
pish of Walton.
WEE present that there is within the towneshipp of Sephton Sephton
an ancient pish Church, called Sefton Church, and a psonage
howse and glebeland worth fforty shillings p ann, the ^sent
Incumbent being MT Joseph Tompson, an able and godly
Minisf, painfull in his Cure and dilligent in obseruing such
Dayes as haue beene sett apart by the pliam', either for
ffasts, or Dayes of thanksgiving, his Sallary being as fol-
loweth ; vidzt, th'affore menconed psonage howse and glebe ;
The Tythes and pffitts of Sephton, Netherton, and Lunt,
worth p ann Seaventy pounds ; The tythes pffitts of Thornton
in Sephton pish, worth Twenty pounds p ann ; The Tythes and
proffitts of Litherland,Orrell,fford, and Ay ntry[Aintree], worth
Sixty ffower pounds p ann ; The tythes and pffitts of Ince
Blundell and Litle Crosbie [Little Crosby], worth Nyntie two
pounds and Tenn shillings p ann. The said Mr Joseph Tompson
payeth to Mrg Moreton, wiffe of Doctor Morton, a Delinquent,
late Rector of Sephton, a ffift pt of the said pffitts according
to an order from the Comittee ; And in regard of the
largnes of the parish, The Church alsoe standing att one
syde of the pish, we conceiue it convenient and ffitt that two
Churches bee built for the wor?P of God wthin the said pish,
and to bee made pishes, The one in or neare Ince Blundell,
The other in or neare Litherland, both places being well
scituated for convenyency of many Inhabitants, and distant
ffrom any Church or Chappell Two myles and vpwards, the
want of such Churches being the cause of Loytering and
much Ignorance and poperie.
WEE present and find within the said pish of Sephton, Magna
there is an ancient Litle Chappell well scituated, the psent
Incumbent being Mr John Kidd, an Able Ministr, who hath
for his Sallary the Tythes of the said place, being worth
Thirty pounds p anil, Except a fifth pte, which the said
86 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
M r Kidd payeth to the said Mrt Moreton, according to an
Order from the Comittee of plundred Minist™, The said
Chappell being Three myles from any Church or Chappell ;
and wee conceiue fitt to (be1) made a pish.
Halsall. WEE doe present and find that within the Towneshipp ot
Halsall there is an ancient pish Church called Halsall Church,
and that Mr Thomas Johnson is Ministr att the said Church,
and is an able Ministr, and hath for his Salary a psonage
howse and glebe lands worth Eight pounds p ami, the rent
of tennts wch hould glebe lands Twenty three shillings Tenn
pence p ann ; the Tyth within the said Towneshipp is worth
Sixtie pounds p ann ; The Tyth of Snape, every other year
belonging to Halsall, is worth Twenty fyve pounds p ann ;
the said Mr Johnson receiueth more for his Salury, forth of
Downe holland and Lidyate [Lydiate] out of the Tyth One
hundred pounds, and from Thomas Goardz of Lydiate for a
Cottage and tyth barne yord Two shillings and six pence ;
And forth of th'affore menconed sumes the said Mr Johnson
payes to M™ Traues [Travis], wiffe to Peetr Traues [Travis],
a Delinqt, late Recter of Halsall, the sume of Twenty pounds
p ann, by an Order of the Comittie of plundred Minist18 ;
And wee further find that those rented glebe lands before
menconed, according to the true value, is worth six pounds
fyve shillings p ann.
Melling. WEE present that in the Towneshipp of Melling, within the
parish of Halsall, There is an Anncient pochiall Chappell,
with a ffaire yord well walled out, called Melling Chappell,
and alsoe a Mansion howse with glebe lands worth Three
pounds p ann, one other pcell of glebe land woth Tenn
shillings p ann, rented att Three shillings p ann by John
Aspinall. And wee find the Tyths of the said Towneshipp
of Melling to bee worth Threescore pounds p ann ; All wch
said Tythes, glebe, and rent of 3s is the Salary of Mr John
Mullenson* present Minister there, who payes to the said
1 Lambeth MS.
2 This should probably be Goore. A John Goore founded a charity in
Lydiate in 1669.
3 "The Harmonious Consent" gives "John Mallinson, min, of God's
HALSALL PARISH. 87
Mn Traves [Travis] the tenth p* thereof by Order of the
Comittee of plundred Ministrs; and the said MT Mallenson
supplyes the Cure, being an able godly Minist1, and came
in by Ellection of the Towneshipp. Wee find the said
Chappell distant from their pish Church of Halsall Seaven
myles & vpward, and from any other Church or Chappell a
myle and a halfe, and therefore wee thinke it fitt to bee made
a pish.
WEE alsoe present and find within the Towneshipp of Lideat
Lideatt [Lydiate] the tyths and one smale Cottage of two "•
shillings sixpence, worth p ann ffifty pounds ; and taking
into consideracon the remoatenes of the said Towneshipp of
Lideat [Lydiate] from another Church or Chappell, being
the nearest pt distant from the pish Church Three myles,
and a place wch wee conceiue convenient for a Church to bee
built, is full two myles from any Church or Chappell ; and
wee conceiue Lideat [Lydiate] and pt of Downeholland fitt
to bee a pish and annexed to that new built Church.
WEE present and find that within the towneshipp ofDowne
Down-holland the tythes there to be worth ffifty pounds pjJJjJJ?
p ann, being pt of the Salary of the said Mr Johnson pr holland],
menconed.
WEE alsoe present and find that within the Townshipp of Maghull.
Maghull there is an anncient Chappell called Male Chappell,1
within the pish of Halsall, and about a rood land of ground
lying about the said Chappell, fitt to bee enioyed therewith ;
And in regard the remotenes of the said Chappell from any-
other Church, wee thinke itt fitt to bee made a pish. And
wee find the Cure there to bee supplyed by Mr Will™ Aspinall,
a painfull and godly Ministr, who hath for his Salary the
Tythes of the said Towne of Maghull, being worth fififty
pounds p ann, out of wch he paies to the said Mrs Tranes
[Travis] a tenth pt of the said Tyth, according to order of
the Comittie of plundred Minist". we find the distance
Word at Melling." This agrees with Calamy's Nmtconformist Memo-
rials.
1 Maghull was anciently called " Male " or " Mail."
88 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
from Halsall Church ffbure myles and a halfe, and from
Mailing one myle and a halfe, And wee doe present and
thinke it fitt and requisitt That all and every the seuall
Churches and Chappells that may bee devyded from one to
another or made pishes, and are before in these or any of
these presentments menconed, shalbee pportionablie sepe-
rated, devyded, and severed by Mates and bounds to dis-
tinguish the pcincts and liberties of the said pishes and
Chappellries, and that such Towneshipps and Hamletts as lye
betwixt any Two of the said Churches and Chappells shalbee
Devyded soe as the Inhabitants may bee members of them
as is nearest, and not necessitated to travell further for the
benefitt of gods Ordinances then is requisitt.
EDWARD FAZAKERLEY(L.S.) RICHARD HALSALL (L.S.)
SAMUEL AspiNEAL1 (L.S.) WILLIAM HUNT (L.S.)
JOHN BOWER2 (L.S.) his x marke
ROBERT TURNER (L.S.) ANTHONY WETHERBY(L.S.)
his x marke HENRY ASPINWALL (L.S.)
WILLIAM SMITH (L.S.) his x marke
RICHARD BLACKMORE(L.S.) THOMAS PYE (L.S.)
RICHARD CROSSE (L.S.) WILLM WILSON (L.S.)
JAMES TYRER (L.S.) JOHN JOHNSON (L.S.)
his x marke RICH. ATHERTON (L.S.)
EDW. CHAMBERS (L.S.)
Jo. ATHERTON (L.S.)
THO. BIRCHE (L.S.) Ri. STANDISHE (L.S.)
THO. CUBHAM (L.S.) JAMES ASHETON (L.S.)3
Hundred Inquisico indentat cap? apud Wigan, in Com Lane, coram
Rico Standish, Joke AtJierton, Jacobo Ashton, Alexandra
Barlow, Thoma Birch, Robto Maudesley, Joke Hartley, Aris, et
Thoma Cubham, et Robto Glest, gen ; Comissionar virtute
cujusdem coinissionis, sub sigillo magno Angliae eisdem et
alijs Comissionar in eadm nolat1 die Lune, vietz* vicesimo
1 Aspinall.
2 John Boare is the name given in the Commission. (See page 8.1.)
3 All these are plain seals.
ORMSKIRK PARISH. 89
quarto die Junij, Anno Dni Milesimo sexcentesimo quinqua-
gesimo, p sacrm Robti Biccarstaffe de Aughton, gen ; Olliveri
AtJierton de Biccarsteth [Bickerstaffe], gen ; Thome Scares-
bricke de Scaresbricke, gen ; Rici Sompner de Scaresbricke,
gen ; Rici West/lead de Lathom, gen ; Willi Withington de
Burscough, gen ; Evani Swift de Skelmsdale, gen ; Henrici
Ascroft de Biccarstath [Bickerstaffe], gen ; Nichi Woosie de
Aughton, gen ; Willi Watkison de Northmeals [North Meols],
gen ; Johis Gilbtson de eactm, gen ; Johis Livesay de Alker
[Altcar], gen ; Radi Tatlock de ead:m, gen ; Edrii Yate de
Scaresbricke, gen ; Johis Askcroft de Burscough, gen ; Johis
Asmall [Aspinwall] de SkelrSsdale, gen, et Evani Swift de
Lathom, gen, pbox et legatm homiri Corn ^d Jur. Qui dicunt
et f?sentant sup sacrm in his verbis Anglicanis sequentib},
vidzt :
WEE present and find that in the Markett Towne ofOrmskirke
Ormskirke there is a pish Church called Ormskirke Church, [°rmskirk3
and that there is a Viccarage howse, and about fower Acres
of glebe land therevnto belonging, are worth ffyve pounds
p anfi, and a Donatiue of Twenty shillings p ann giuen by
Mr James Blackledge, late of London, Deceased, wch issueth
out of Certaine Lands in Lathom, in the possession of
Mr John Care, and that Mr Willm Dunn is the psent Incum-
bent, and supplyes the Cure, & is a painu pching Ministr,
and hath for his Salary th'affore menconed pffitts of the
Viccarage howse, glebe lands, and the said Donatiue of
Twenty shillings ; And wee further fynd that hee hath ffiftie
pounds more p ann in Augmentation out of the Sequestracon
of Derby hundred, by Order of the Comittee of this County ;
And wee psent that the Tythes in- the said Towne are worth
ffourteene pounds p anfi, wch are Imppriated, and heretofore
belonging to the Earle of Derby, and now sequestered and
recd for the publiques vse, and wee find, the tyth hay being
pt of the said Tythes soe valued, being worth Thirty shillings
p anfi, is in Lease vnto Thomas Wainewright, Blacksmith,
for 3 lyves, whereof two are yett in being ; And that there
is one Chappell wthin the pish called Skaresbricke [Scaris-
brick] Chappell, distant from the said Church Three myles
and a halfe, new errected and built ; And that the said M r
9O LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1050,
Dunn, formly out of the rents in fee farme to the Earle of
Derby, hath received the yearly sume of Twenty one pounds
as in pt of his Salary ; And that hee had ffifty one pounds
yrly allowed him out of the Kings Revenue to be an Itenerant
preacher wthin the County of Lancast1.
Burscough. WEE alsoe present that the Towneshipp of Burscough
lyeth wthin the pish of Ormskirke ; And that the Tythes of
Corne wthin the said Townep are worth fiforty two pounds
p anfi, and the privy tythes of pigg, goose, lambe, and wooll,
and othr things are worth Twenty eight shillings p anfi ; And
that the Earle of Derby hath recd the pffits of thaffore
menconed Tythes, and clames the same by pscripcon, and
are now vndr Sequestracon for the said Earles Delinquency,
and recd for the vse of the Comon Weall by the agents for
Sequr stracon ; And that the Tythes of hay wthin the same
Townepp is worth fiforty six shillings p anfi, or thereabouts,
and that pt of the pffitts thereof to the value of Tenn
shillings p anfi were recd by Mr Thomas Hill, by Lease now
expyred, and anothr pt thereof to the value of Twenty
shillings is recd by Robte Withington, by Leases for Lyves
from the Earle of Derby, whereof Two are in being, and now
vnder Sequestracon for his recusancy, and that the residue
thereof is receiued by Emanuell Morecroft, being to the value
of Six shillings and eight pence, wch hee alsoe houlds by
Lease for lyves from the said Earle, whereof wee fynd one
Lyffe in being ; And wee $sent that wee find there are wthin
the said Towneshipp of Burskough certain Lands called
Abbey lands, forrnly belonging to the Abbey of Burscough,
wch are in severall mens possessions, vidzt, pt of the said
Lands houlden by the Earle of Derby, and now vndr
Sequestracon, and received for the vse of the Comon welth,
being worth Twenty pounds p anfi, and another pt of the
said Lands houlden by Sr Thomas Stanley, Barronett, of the
yearly value of Twenty pounds, by Lease from yeare,1 from
the Late Lord Will™ Earle of Derby, Whereof Tenn years or
thereabouts are yett in being, and anothr pt of the said
Lands houlden by Sr Edward Wrightington as his owne
1 So in the original.
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Inheritance as is attested of the yearly value of Three score
and six pounds Thirteene shillings and fower pence or there-
abouts, now in the possession of Mr Alexand* Brears, and
another pt of the said lands houlden by Cuthbert Halson
[Halsall], and now vnder Sequestracon for his Delinquency
and the pffitts recd for the vse of the Comon wealth, being of
the yearly value of six pounds Thirteene shillings and
(ffoure1) pence p ann or thereabouts ; and anothr pt of the
said lands houlden in (the jointe or1) seuall occupacons of
Will™ Barton, John Barton, and Henry Barton, by Lease for
lyves in esse, from the Earle of Derby, of the yearly value of
Twenty pounds or aboue; Anothr pt houlden by Anthony
Beesley, and now vndr Sequestracon (for the use of the1)
State, of the yearly value of fforty shillings or thereabouts ;
(And another parte1) of the said Abbey (lands1/ houlden by
(George Bennett^) lykewise under ( Sequestracon1), and the
pffitts recd for the States vse, of the yearly value of fforty
(shillings1) or thereabouts ; and another pt of the said Abbey
lands houlden by (Mr William*) Halsall, Esqr, by Lease
from the Earle of Derby for Three lyves, whereof two lyves
are in being, of the yearly value of Tenn pounds or there-
abouts ; And wee doe furthr psent that wee find it needfull
that there should bee a Chappell errected wthin Burschough
[Burscough] in regard that the greatest pt of the said Towne
is Three myles Distant from any Church or Chappell.
WEE present that Lathom is a Towne within the pish of Lathom.
Ormskirke, and that there is neither Church nor Chappell
wthin the same Towne, but what is hereafter expressed. Wee
$sent that Mr Henry Hill, and2 orthodox and godly painfull
Minist1, supplyes the Cure there, in a Chappell wthin the
Mannor house or hall of Lathom for the psent ; and wee do
conceaue that the Hospitall Chappell within the same Towne
of Lathom is very ffitt to bee repaired and made a pish
Church for the Inhabitants of Lathom afforesaid, for the
Divine service of god ; And wee further find that the said MT
Hill hath for his salary ffifty pounds p ann, paid him by
Mr Peeter Ambrose, Agent for Sequestracons. And wee
1 Lambeth MS. 2 So in the original.
Q2 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
psent that the tythes within the said Towne? are worth about
ffourescore pounds p ann, forrSly receiued by the Earle of
Derby, And now vnder sequestracon for his delinquency, and
recd for the use of the State (excepting soe much tyth thereof
as is worth p anri Eight shillings or thereabouts, giuen out of
some pt of the lands of Mr Evan Blackledge vnto Richard
Leyland of Lathom by the Earle of Derbie, but by Lease or
how els wee cannot learne, and some other pt thereof worth
xxjd p ann or thereabouts, receiued by James Ascroft by Lease
for lyves from the Earle of Derby i-n esse).
Scares- WEE alsoe Ssent and find that the TownePP of Scares-
i . i
[ScaHs- bricke is wthin the pish of Ormskirke, and that there is a new
brick]. Errected Chappell scituate about the midle of the said
Towne^, being remote from the said pish Church ffoure
statute myles or thereabouts ; And Mr Gai^in Barkley is
psent Incumbent there and supplyes the Cure, An able
orthodox and godly pching Minisf, and of good lyffe and
conv'sacon, and hath for his Salary ffifty pounds p ann from
the State by an Order from the Honno'ble Comittee of
plundred Ministrs ; And that the Tythes of Corne and the
smale tythes w*hin the same Towne are worth Three score
and eight pounds and sixteene shillings p ann, forrSly recd by
the Earle of Derby and claymed by Ascription, and now for
his Delinquency vnder Sequestracon and recd for the vse of
the State; And that the tythes of hay within the same
Towne are worth Seaven pounds ffoure shillings p ann or
thereabouts, whereof Will™ Halsall, Esqr, houldeth of the
said Tyth hay to the value of foure pounds sixteene shillings
p ann, And that Hector Mawdsley houldeth anothr pt thereof
to the value of Thirty shillings p ann, And Robert Wor-
thington houldeth another pt thereof to the value of Tenn
shillings p ann by Lease for lyves ffrom the Earle of Derby,
whereof two lyves are in being, as appears on oath, And that
John Allherton, als Orton, houldeth the residue of the said
Tyth hay to the value of Eight shillings p ann or there-
abouts ; And wee do further find that there is a litle hamlett
called Snape, the tythes whereof every other yeare be-
longeth to the said Towneshipe of Scaresbricke, and that
the same Tyth of the same hamlett is worth Twentyffoure
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pounds p arm, and the proffitts thereof the same yeare belong
to Scaresbricke have bine recd by the Earle of Derby, and
now for his Delinquency vndr Sequestracon and recd for the
vse of the State ; And wee psent that the said Chappell of
Scaresbricke is fitt to bee made a pish Church, And that the
Hamletts of Snape, Beskarr [Bescar], and Drumosdale [Drum-
mersdale], ffleetstreet, Harleton Towne, and the Messuages
and tenemt8 of Jane Harrison weddow, Gabriell Ormskaw,
Henry Carter, James Jackson, James Gorsuch gen, Henry
Williamson als Olliverson, George Barton, Will™ Hulme, George
Spencr, Richard Mawdisley, and Henry Such, of Marton, the
land called Muskar [Merscar], And all other howses, Manno™,
messuags, lands, and Tenemts betweene are neare vnto the
said Chappell, and the before menconed boundery howses or
wthin the circuit or circumference thereof are to bee added
vnto the said new errected Chapell and to be made a pish,
in regard the said Villages, howses, lands, and tenemt9 before
menconed, and all other howses and lands within the circu-
ference are nearer vnto the said new errected Chappell in
ffleetstreet afforesaid then vnto any other Church or Chappell
whatsoever.
WEE doe present alsoe that Bickerstaffe is a Towne within Biccar-
the pish ofOrmskirke.and some pt thereof Distant from the pish [Bicker-
Church six statute myles and a halfe, and from the Chappell staffe].
of Rainforth [Rainford], being the nearest Chappell, a Myle
and a halfe from the nearest howse in Bickestaffe ; And wee
Doe psent that it is fitt there should be a Church errected
and built wthin Biccerstaffe afforesaid, att a place called the
nearer Halecroft [Hallcroft], lying nere vnto the hall of
Bickersteth [Bickerstaffe] ; And wee doe alsoe find that the
yearly Tyth Corne in Biccarstaffe afforesaid is receiued by
Richard Duckinfeild of Ormskirke afforesaid, gen, who hath
attested vpon Oath that hee hath a lease thereof for terme
of his wyffes lyffe from the late Earle of Derby deceased,
wthout any rent att all, wch Tyth Corne wee find to bee
worth Thirty pounds p ann ; And wee further finde that the
smale Tythes of pigg, goose, and lambe are worth Thirty
shillings p Ann, wch the Earle of Derby Claymeth by graunt
from the late King James in the Seaventh yeare of his
94 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
Raigne, and are now sequestred for his Delinquency vnto the
vse of the State, and soe is attested vpon Oathe.
Skelms- WEE alsoe present and find that SkilrSsdale [Skelmerdale]
[sVelmers- is a Towne wthin the parish of Ormskirke, and is distant from
dale]. their pish Church ffovver statute myles and vpward, and from
Lathom Chappell, Lying the nearest to it, three statute
myles, And from Holland Church Three statute myles and
vpwards ; And wee f?sent the necessity of a Chappell to bee
errected within Skelmsdale afforesaid, where a Chappell was
formly, And that the tyth of Corne wthin the same Towne is
worth Seaventeene pounds p ann, wch Mrs Margarett Marshall
of Upholland houldeth and receiueth, as wee are informed,
by guift from the late Earle or Countesse of Derby for
tearme of her lyffe wthout paying any rent att all ; And wee
find alsoe that the smale Tythes wthin the same Towne are
worth Tenn shillings p ann, fonSly recd by the Earle of
Derby by graunt as afforesaid, And now Sequestred for his
Delinquency for the vse of the State.
Aughton. WEE present that the Towneshipp of Aughton is a Litle
pish of itselfe, and that there is within the said Towneship a
Church called Aughton Church, and a psonage howse wth
barnes and out buildings thereunto belonging, as alsoe about
Three acres of glebe land in the houlding of Mr James
Worrall, the now Incumbent, worth ffifty shillings p ann ;
And wee further find that Hugh Charles of Aughton, yeoman,
is now possessed of a Cottage and some smale pt of other
glebe lands belonging to the said Rectory, ffor wch hee payeth
to the said Incumbent the yearly Rent of Twenty pence,
yett wee find if the said Cottage and smale glebe lands were
sett to the full are worth Thirty shillings p ann ; And wee
further find Parcivall Bicstaffe [Bickerstaffe] of Aughton
afforesaid, Tailor, is now possessed of another Cottage and
about halfe a rood land of ground, alsoe pcell of the said
glebe lands, for wch hee payeth to the said Incumbent the
yearly rent of Two pence. Neverthelesse wee find that if
the sd last menconed Cottage & pcell of glebe lands (were it
sett to the full) would Amount vnto six shillings p ann. And
wee say that the said W James Worrall \s Ministr att Aughton
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afforesaid, is an Orthodox divine of godly lyffe and conusacon,
and doth obserue the Lords Dayes and Dayes of humiliacon
and thanksgiving appoynted by Act of pliament, only the
13th of this month, appoynted a Day of humiliacon by Act
of pliam1, hee obserued not in regard hee was visited wth
sickness and not able, neither had notice as was given to
others whereby hee might have ordered for that Day, as wee
are informed ; And that hee receiueth for his Salary and pay,
besides the pffitts of the psonage glebe lands and rents, all v
tythes wthin the said pish, wch are worth flower score and
fifteene pounds p anfi ; And wee find that the said Church
standeth neare vnto the midle of the said Townepp, and soe
very convenient for the Inhabitants that it is not ffitt any pt
of the said Townepp should be taken from the pish and
annexed vnto any others, as wee verily beleeue.
WEE alsoe present and find that Alker is a parish of itselfe, Alker
And that there is within the same a parish Church called [Altcarl-
Alker [Altcar] Church, but noe psonage, Viccarage, glebe
lands, or other Ecclesiasticall benefices belonginge vnto it
saue the Tythes of the same Towne, wch wee find to bee
worth Three score and Tenn pounds p ann, wch the Lord
Molyneux receiueth and houlds by Lease for tearme of Tenn
Thousand years ; And wee find that Mr Robte Siddon is the
psent Incumbent there and supplyes the Cure, and is an
orthodox and painfull godly Minister, and came in by the
presentacon of Collonell/0/^ Moore, and hath for his salary
the Sume of Threescore and Tenn pounds p anfi, paid by the
Lord Mollyneux. Wee also find that the said Church is well
scituated within the said pish, for that wee conceiue there is
no need of any other Church or Chappell within the same.
AND wee doe $sent and thinke it fitt, meett, and requisite
that all and every the seuall Churches and Chappells that
may be Devyded from one to another and made pishes and
are before in these or any psentments menconed, shalbee
proporconably sepated, devyded, and severed by Mates and
Bounds to Distinguish the pcincts and libertyes of the said
pishes and Chappellries, And that such Towneshipps and
Hamletts as Lye betwixt any Two of the said Churches and
96 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
Chappells shalbee devyded see as the Inhabitants may bee
members of them that lye nearest to them, and not neces-
sitated to travell further for the beneffitt of gods ordinances
then is requisite.
P me ROBERTUM BlCURSTETH (L.S.)
OLIVER ATHERTON (L.S.)
THOMAS SCARISBRICKE (L.S.)
RICHARD SOMPMER1 his x r2ke (L.S.)
RICHARD WESTHEAD his O mke (L.S.)
WILLIAM WITHINGTON (L.S.)
EVAN SWIFTE de Lathom, his O nlke (L.S.)
HENRY ASCROFT (L.S.)
NICH. WOOSEY (L.S.)
WILL" WILKINSON2 (L.S.)
JOHN GILBTSON his Q mke (L.S.)
JOHN LIVESAYE (L.S.)
RAUFFE TOTLOCKES (L.S.)
JOHN ACROFTE his iSke (L.S.)
EVAN SWYFTE de SkeliSsdale his O nlke (L.S.)
JOHN ASPINWALL (L.S.)
EDW. YATE de nlke (L.S.)
Jo. ATHERTON (L.S.)
THO. BIRCHE (L.S.) R. STANDISHE (L.S.)
THO. CUBHAM (L.S.) JAMES ASHTON (L.S.)4
1 Sompner (see page 89).
2 Watkinson in the Inquisition (see page 89).
3 Page 89, given as Tatlock.
4 Seal plain.
STANDISH PARISH. 97
[HUNDRED OF LEYLAND.]
Inquisico Indentat capt apud Wigan in com Lane coram Hundred
Rico Standishe, Joke Atherton, Jacobo Asshton, Alex™ Barlowe,
Thoma Birch, Robto Maudesley, et Joke Hartley, Aris., Thoma
Cubliam, Robto Glest, genesis, Coinissionar virtute cujusdm
Comissionis sub sigillo magno Angliae eisdem et Alijs Comis-
sionar in eadem nolat die Martis, vidz4, vicesimo quinto die
Junij Anno drii Millesimo sexcentesimo quinquagesimo psacrm
Georgij Allenson de Adlington, gefi ; Johis Bayley de eadem,
gen ; Rid Blackborne de Brindle, gen ; Johis Lowe de Duxbury,
gen ; Johis ffinch de Shevington, gen ; Radi Worthington de
Addlington, gen ; Gilbti Jackson de Enerden [? Anderton],
gefi ; Thurstani Leyland de Clayton, gefi ; Robti Lowe de
Whittle, gefi ; Johis Pincocke de Euxton ; Johis Pearson de
Wheelton, gefi ; Egidij1 Haydocke de Heapie [Heapey], gefi ;
Radi Lowe de Copple [Coppull], gen ; Rogeri Pincocke de
Whittle in le Woods, gefi ; Henrici Jackson de Longton, gefi ;
Edri Pilkington de Clayton, gefi, et Robti ffarrington de ffar-
rington, gefi, probojp et legalfn homifi Com f)d Jur. Qir
dicunt et psentant in his verbis Anglicanis sequentib}, vidz :
WEE j3sent that there is wthin the towne of Standishe Standish
afforesaid a pishe Church, called Standishe Pishe Church,
And that Rauffe Standish of Standish, Esquier, clames to bee
patron and donor thereof, And that there is a psonage house
and certen gleabe lands therevnto belonginge, worth p Ann
ffifty pounds, And that there are severall ancient tenemts
and Cottagers belonging vnto the said gleabe, the ancient
yearely rents whereof amount to the some of three pounds
foure shillings two pence p Ann ; and that the tyths of the
sard pishe are worth p anfi one yeare wth another one hun-
dred forty six pounds; And that Mr Paul Lathome is now
the psent Incumbent and rector of the same pishe, And in
pursuance of an order of this fJsent Parliam1 came in by the
1 lie signs his names Geyles Haydock [see post],
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98 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
eleccon of the pishioners of Standishe that mett at Standishe
the day apointed, and all there fJsent save one voted for the
said Mr Lathom ; And that the said Mr Lathom hath and
enioyth the said psonage house and glebe lands thereunto
belonginge, and hath received and had the rents and tyths
before menconed, And that the said Mr Lathom is a godly
orthodox and painfull divyne and doth observe the Cure
every lords day, But did not observe the last fast day, being
the ' thirteenth of this instant June, appointed by Act of
Parliam1, haveing notice thereof did not publishe the Act nor
observe the day ; And that there is the demesne belonginge
to the said Mr Standish lying wthin the same towne, wch hath
not formerly payed tyth, the tyths whereof, if payed in kind,
were worth two pounds six shillings eight pence p ann.
Sheving- WEE also psent that the tyth wthin the towne of Shevington,
ton cu
Walsh- pt of the said pish of Standishe, is worth ten pounds p ann,
whittle wch js pt Of t^e before menconed some of one hundred forty
i \Vclsn
Whittle]. six pounds, and hath beene yearely received and hadd by the
said Mr Lathom, and that there is a greate pte of the demesne
lands belonginge to the said Mr Standishe wch lyes wthin the
said towne of Shevington wch hath not payed any tyths
(formerly), And that the tyths thereof if payed in kynd were
worth three pounds six shillings eight pence p ann. Wee
alsoe psent that the tyths wthin the hamell of Welshwhittle,
pte of the said pishe of Standishe, is worth tenn pounds p
ann, wch is pte of the before menconed some of one hundred
forty six pounds, and hath beene yearely received and had
by the said MT Lathom.
Chamock WEE also psent that the tyth wthin Charnocke Richard,
pte of the said pishe of Standishe, is worth thirty six pounds
p Ann, wch is pt of the before menconed some of one hundred
forty six pounds, And hath beene yearely Received and had
by the said Mr Lathom.
Coppuii WEE alsoe f sent that the tyth wthin Coppull, pte of the
thington. sa^ pishe of Standishe, is worth twenty five pounds p ann,
wch is pt of the before menconed some of one hundred forty
six pounds, and hath beene yearely received and had by the
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said Mr Lathom; And weepsent that the tyths wthin the hamell
of Worthington, pte of the said pishe of Sandishe, is worth
five pounds p ami, wch is pt of the before menconed some of
one hundred forty six pounds, and hath beene yearely received
and had by the said M r Lathom.
WEE also psent that the tyths of Duxbury cu Addlington Duxbury &
heath, Charnocke cu Andrton, pte of the said pishe of Stan- j^Jjg1 on
dishe, is worth forty pounds p anfi, wch is pte of the before Charnocke
menconed some of one hundred forty six pounds, and hath no^'and
beene yearely received and had by the said Mr Lathom; And Anderton,
that the owner and pdecessors of the Hall of Hill [Hall-o'-
th'-Hill] and the demesne lands therevnto belonging, lyinge
in Heath Charnocke afforesaid, lately purchased by M T Will™
Radley of Salford, in the said County of Lancaster, who hath
claymed the tyths growinge or ariseinge vpon the said
demesne lands belonginge to him by pscripcon under the
rent of thirteene shillings foure pence, wch they have ten-
dered yearely at every Michas day, but was never received
in the memory of Man, the tyth whereof if payed in kind
were worth one pound six shillings eight pence ; wee also
psent yt fitt that there bee a Church erected and built in a
Certen place called by the name of ffishcroft wthin Dux-
bury afforesaid, being distant from the said pishe Church of
Standish foure statute myles and vpwards, and from Chorley
Church three statute myles or neare thereabouts, and from
Blackrode [Blackrod] Church thre statute myles or neare
thereabouts, and from Rivington Church three statute myles
or neare thereabouts, beinge the next adiacent Churches to
the said place called ffishe Crofte where the said Church is
intended to be built. Wee also pteent that the houses and
tenements (the owners whereof) are hereafter pticularlye
menconed wthin the Towne of Heath Charnocke afforesaid are
fit to be annexed vnto the pishe of Duxbury, vidz1 : Myles
Nightgalesj- widow Andertons, Thurston Taylors, Rich. Popes,
James Andertons, Robte Nightgales, John Meanes house,
Will™ G ouldens, Robte Allensons, RicJtard Blackleach, Ed-
ward Baxters, Widow Croftons, Richard Croftons, John
1 This is intended for Nightingale, a local family which gave its name
to " Nightingale House," in this parish.
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IOO LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
Barons, Henry Helmes, Thomas Simpsons Breeshouse on the
tenter bancke, James Brindles, Thurston Breeres Bordman-
house, the ri(ges)1 the hall of hill, and Hugh Pilkingtons.
And wee psent that the houses and tenements (the owners
whereof) are hereafter pticulerly menconed beeinge wthin
Anderton afforesaid, are fit to be annexed to the pish of
Duxbufy afforesaid, victzt. Widow Sims, Mf George Rudalls,
Robte ffosters, Senr, Hugh Nightgale, Robte Foster, Junr,
Joseph Worthingtons the Ladie Hall, Thomas Rivingtons,
And that Will"1 Anderton, Esqr, his Hall and demesne lying
nearest to Blackrode Church, the houses of Roger Rothwells
and Will™ Rothwells ats Brookes, scituate in Anderton affore-
said, are fitt to bee made pte of the pishe of Blackrode.
Woodward house, Thomas and Rob1 Johnsons, Thomas
Hodgkinsons, Olli^er MatJiers ; and likewise wee doe psent
the houses and tents (the owners whereof) are hereafter
pticulerly menconed beeinge wthin Coppull aforesaid, are fitt to
bee annexed vnto the pish of Duxbury afforesaid, victz1 the
Holle, the house late Thomas Nightgales, Thomas Foxes,
Widow Bannesters, Edward Boultons, Shorrocke house, the
Hall of Coppull, Robte Dicconsons, Thomas Naylors, Seath
Taylors, Lawrence Vauses, Lathom house, and Mrs Greenes
(Holte House), all wch houses and ffamilies afforesaid are
nearer to the said place called ffishe Croft, where the said
Church is intended to bee built as wee conceive then any
other Church before menconed, and fitt to be annexed to
Duxbury Church afforesaid. Also wee psent that there hath
formerly beene an ancient Chappell within Coppull affore-
said, neare unto a place called the Cow mosse (in Coppull
afforesaid), and wee psent fitt that a Church bee erected in
Coppull afforesaid on the same place where the ould Hall of
Chesnall [Chisnall] is scituate in Coppull formerly stood, and
the residue of Coppull afforesaid to be annexed to the new
erected Church saveing the houses before menconed psented
for to bee annexed to Duxbury cu Adlington aforesaid and
likewise wee find Welshwhittle aforesaid fitt to bee anexed
vnto the Church intended to be built in Coppull aforesaid,
and alsoe Charnocke Richard afforesaid, (except) those houses
1 Lambeth MS.
STANDISH AND LEYLAND PARISHES. IOI
and tents hereafter menconed wch are annexed vnto Euxton
Church. And wee psent that soe much of Wrightington pt
of Eccleston pishe as nearer or adiacent to the place where
the Intended Church is to bee built in Coppull afforesaid
then to any other Church or Chappell erected or to be
erected, is fitt to bee annexed vnto Coppull Church afforesaid,
and the same made a pishe, soe that there bee a freeway for
Cart or Carriages for all necessaries, and for carry inge of
Corps vnto the said Church from Copley Moore vnto Mossy-
leigh [Mossy Lee], granted and allowed by Edward Chisnall,
of Chisnall, Esquier, owner of the Inheritance thereof, by
such lawfull and reasonable conveyance and grant as the
said Inhabitants neare thereabouts shall desire, accordinge
to his vndertakinge and promise, and that hee allowe stones
towards and for the building the same Church, and assigne
out a convenient Church yard to belong to the said Church
for buryinge of Corpes.
WEE also psent that there is w*hin the Towne of Leyland Leyland.
a pishe Church called Leyland Church and a Viccarage
therevnto belonginge, lying and being wthin Leyland affore-
said, to wch belongs one Mancon house wth other buildings
and certen grounds conteyneing by estimon twelve acres or
thereabouts, wch are worth six pounds p Ann. And that the
small tyths wthin the towne of Leyland belonginge vnto the
said Viccarage of Leyland are worth five pounds p ami, and
the said Viccarage and tythes have beene received by the
Viccar there. And wee psent that there is noe psent Incum-
bent at Leyland, MT James Langley, wch was the Incumbent
or Viccar there formly, beinge now lately deade. And wee
psent that there are two Chappells wthin the said pishe of
Leyland, vidz*. Euxton Chappell and Heapey Chappell,
distant seuall myles one from another. And that the whole
tyths of Corne wthin the same pish claymed to be Impro-
priated have beene received by the seuall psons hereafter
named and pticularly menconed in these seueral towneshipps
lyinge v/thin the same pishe, and are worth two hundred
seventy one pounds p anfi ; and that the furthest pt of the
towne of Leyland afforesaid is nearer to the pishe Church of
Leyland afforesaid then any other Church or Chappell ; And
102 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
that the tyth corne wthin Leyland afforesaid is worth foure
score pounds p ann, wch is pt of the before menconed some of
two hundred seaventy one pounds wch John fflcetwood of
Penwortham, Esquier, clames as his owne Inheritance and
receives the proffitts thereof vnto his owne use.
Euxton. WEE alsoe psent that Euxton is a towne wthin the pishe of
Leyland, in wch there is owne Chappell distant from the said
Parishe Church of Leyland two statute myles and a halffe or
thereabouts, and from Heapy[Heapey] Chappell afforesaid five
statute myles ; And that the tyth Corne of Euxton affore-
said is worth fifty ffive pounds p ann pte of the before men-
coned some of two hundred seaventy one pounds ; And that
MT James A nderton, of Clayton, claymes the said tythes as
his Inheritance, and is now sequestred for the State for the
said Mr Andertons delinquency, and that the small tyths in
Euxton afforesaid are worth two pounds five shillings p
ann, and belongs to the Viccar of Leyland afforesaid. And
that MT Seath Bushell is the psent Incumbent there, and
is a godly pchinge Minister and conformable to the psent
governing and came into the said place by an order from the
Comittee of plundred ministers, and hath had ffor his sallery
forty pounds p Ann yssueinge out of the sequestracons of the
tyths afforesaid. And wee psent that theise houses hereafter
menconed scituate wthin Charnocke Richard are ffitt to be
anexed vnto Euxton afforesaid and made a pishe, victz*,
Tlwmas Warings, of the Barke house, Willm Croitchlowes,
Henerie Rydyngs, Mr Cowpers, RicJiard Houghtons, Hugh
Bowlings, widow Cops, Charnocke Hall, and the rest of the
said towne lyinge nearer adiacent vnto Euxton Chappel
then to any other Church or Chappell.
Clayton. WEE alsoe psent that Clayton is a towne wthin the pishe of
Leyland, and that part of the said towne of Clayton is not
above one statute myle and a halffe from the said pishe
Church of Leyland, and most pt of the said towne nearer the
said pishe Church then any other Church or Chappell, and fit
to continue as pt of the said pishe of Leyland ; and that the
small tyths wthin the said towne of Clayton are worth thir-
teene shillings foure pence p ann, And hath beene formerly
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payed vnto the Vicar of Leyland ; And the tyth corne of
Clayton afforesaid is worth twenty five pounds p Ann, wch
is pt of the before menconed some of two hundred &
seaventy one pounds wch Mr James Anderton of Clayton
clames to bee his by Inheritance, And is now under seques-
tracon for his delinquencie (to the use of the state).
WEE also psent that Cuerden is a towne wthin the pishe of Cuerden.
Leyland afforesaid distant from the said pishe Church of
Leyland three statute myles and a quarter, and the furthest
pte of the said towne is nearer to Leyland Church then to
any other Church or Chappell, and fit to be contynued pt of
the said pishe ; And that the small tyths of the said towne
of Cuerden afforesaid are worth eleaven shillings eight
pence p anii, and hath formerly beene payed to the Viccar of
Leyland afforesaid ; and the tyth corne of Cuerden afforesaid
is worth eighteen pounds p anfi, wch is pte of the before
menconed some of two hundred seaventy one pounds wch
Peter Burscough, late deceased, claymed as his owne Inhe-
ritance, and hath left one pt of it to the poore in Cuerden,
one other pt to the children of Richard Woodcocke, and the
rest is sequestred for the delinquencie of Chrofer Bannestre
and the heires of Thomas Osbaldeston for the state.
WEE also present that Houghton, Wthnell, Wheeleton and Houghton
Heapie [Heapey] are two townes wthin the pish of Leyland withnail,
and one quarter of the said parish, and that there is one Wheelton,
Chappell within Heapy aforesaid called Heapie Chappell, [Heapey].
distant from the said pishe Church of Leyland five statute
myles or thereabouts, and from the Chappell of Euxton five
statute myles or thereabouts, and from Brindle Church three
statute myles or thereabouts ; soe that wee psent fitt that
Heapie Chappell should be made a Parish Church and
within Wheelton, Heapie and Whittle to be annexed vnto
the said pish. And we psent Houghton fit to be annexed to
Brindle parish, lying nearer unto it then any other Church.
And wee psent that Mr John Bradley is the psent Incumbent
at Heapie Chappell aforesaid, and is an orthodox godly
pching minister, and came into that place by the geSall
consent of the whole Chappelrie, and had for his sallery
104 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
forty pounds p arm allowed him by the State ; and that the
tyth Corn wthin Houghton, Wthnell and Wheelton is worth
fifty foure pounds p ann, wch is pt of the before menconed
some of two hundred seaventy one pounds ; And John
ffleetwood of Pennwortham, Esqr, clames the same to be his
Inheritance, and receives the proffitts thereof to his owne
vse. And that the tyth Corne wthin Heapie is worth four-
teene pounds p ann wch is part of the before menconed
some of two hundred seaventy one pounds, and that Richard
Standislie, of Duxbury, Esqr, clames the same to bee his
Inheritance and receives the proffitts thereof to his own vse,
and that the small tyths wthin the towneshippes of Houghton,
Withnell, Wheelton and Heapie are worth five pounds p
ann, and formerlie belonged to the Viccar of Leyland.
Whittle in WEE also psent that Whittle in le Woods afforesaid is
[Whittle- wthm tne parishe of Leyland and distant from the said
le-Woods]. parishe Church of Leyland two Statute myles, and lyeth
nearer to Heapye then to any other Church, and the furthest
pt thereof is wthin one statute myle and a halffe or there-
abouts to the said Chappell of Heapye ; therefore wee jJsent
it fit to bee annexed to Heapie and made pte of that parishe.
And that the tyths of the said Towneshippe. are worth
twenty five pounds p ann, wch is pt of the before menconed
some of two hundred seventy one pounds, and was claymed
to bee the Inheritance of the heires of James Woodcocke, by
him given as is before menconed, and that part thereof is
under sequestracon for the state for the delinquencie of the
said Chrofer Bannester and Thomas Osbaldeston, And that
the small tythes of Whittle in le woods are worth forty
shillings p ann, wch belong and hath been received and had
by the Viccar of Leyland.
Brindle. WEE also psent that Brindle is an Entyre pishe of itselffe,
and there is one pishe Church scituated in the Middle of the
said pishe, the furthest side of the said parishe beinge not
past one statute myle and a quarter from the said Church, to
Vf^ Church there belongs one parsonage house wth severall
other buildings and foure Acres of gleabe lands and five
Cottages of the yearely rent of six shillings eight pence ;
BRINDLE AND PENWORTHAM PARISHES. IO5
the Tyth Corne and Small tyth belonging to the said Church
and the mancon house and glebe lands afforesaid are worth
seaventy five pounds p ann, And that Mr Will™ Walker is
the psent Incumbent there, and is to receive the proffits of
the psonage or Mancon house and glebe lands and tyths
afforesaid for his sallery or mainteynce, and that he is an
orthodox godlie pchinge Minister and conformable vnto the
psent governing and was psented to the said place by
Will™ Earle of Devonshire, patron of the said Church, as is
^tended, and had the assent of above fforty of the said
Inhabitants of the same pishe.
WEE also psent that in Penwortham cu Hutton there is Penworth-
one pish Church called Penwortham Church, and that the am>
tythes of the same pishe, if payed in kind, are worth One
hundred seaventy foure pounds p ann, And that the tythes
wthin the same towne are worth sixtie pounds p ann, pt of
the before menconed some of one hundred seaventy foure
pounds, wch said tyths Mr John ffleetwood, of Penwortham,
Esquier, clames for his Inheritance and receives the proffits
thereof for his owne vse. And wee psent that there is
demesne lands wch belong vnto the said MT ffleetwood wch
never payed tyths wthin the memorie of man, but if it bee
tythable it is worth three pounds p ann ; and that Mr Willm
Seddon is the preaching minister thereof, and was put in by
the said MT ffleetwood, together with the consent of the rest
of the pish of Penwortham afforesaid, and that his stipend
wages is sixty pound p ann, And that he receives the same
from the said MT ffleetwood of Penwortham, And that hee is
a godly pching Minister.
WEE also psent that ffarrington and Houghwicke [Howick] ffarington
are two townes wthin the parish of Pemwortham [Penwortham] t01onng~
afforesaid, and that ffarrington is three statute myles from the & Hough-
parish Church of Pemwortham [Penwortham] aforesaid, saveing
these houses hereafter menconed, vidz*, widow Brethertons and
Thomas Cookes, and that ffarrington afforesaid is one myle and
a halffe distant from Leyland Church, being the next adiacent
Church and fitt to bee annexed thereunto ; and that Hough-
wicke [Howick] afforesaid is distant one Myle from the pishe
106 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
Church of (Pemvortham1) afforesaid ; And wee psent that
that the tyths of ffarrington cu Houghwicke are worth thirty
foure pounds p anfi, pt of the before menconed some of one
hundred seaventy foure pounds wch the said Mr ffleetwood
claymes to be his owne Inheritance, (and receiveth the pro-
ffitts thereof) ; And that there is one pcell of land in ffar-
rington afforesaid in the possession of John ffleetwood, of
Pemwortham [Penwortham], Esqr, if it be tythable, is worth
ten shillings p ann ; And that Houghwick is fitt to be con-
tynued to the said pishe of Pemwortham [Penwortham], and
the houses of the said Thomas Cooke and widow Bretherton
wtom ffarrington afforesaid are fitt to be contynued wth Pem-
wortham [Penwortham], standing and being nearer vnto it
then to any other Church or Chappell.
Longton. WEE also jJsent that Longton is a towne wthin the pishe
of Penwortham, in wch there is a Chappell scituated aboute
the myddel of the said towneshippe, And that there is not
any Church or Chappell wthin the space of three myles of
the said Chappell of Longton ; And that there is noe
Incumbent for the psent at the said Chappell, but it is vacant,
and that the tyths of Longton afforesaid are worth Eighty
pounds p ann, pt of the before menconed some of one hun-
dred seaventy foure pounds, wch said tyths Mr ffleetwood
afforesaid clameth to be his Inheritance and receiveth the
proffitts thereof. And wee psent that Longton afforesaid is
fitt to bee made a pishe, and that the hamell of Hutton, pt
of Penwortham pishe, lyinge nearer to Longton Church then
Penwortham Church, (exceptinge) theise houses hereafter
menconed, vidzt Willm Mawdesleys, TJwmas Millers, John
Strickland, and Widow Werdens, wch lye nearer vnto Pen-
wortham Church, are fit to be annexed to the said Pishe of
Longton.
AND LASTLIE wee psent and thinke it fitt, meete, and
requisite that all and every the seuall Churches and Chap-
pells that may be divided one from another or made pishes,
and are before in these or any of these pntm18 menconed,
shall be proporconably sepated, divided, and seSed by mates
1 Lambeth MS.
PENWORTHAM PARISH.
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and bonds to distinguishe the pcincts and libties of the said
pishes and Chappellries, and that such towneships and Ham-
lets as lye betwixt any two of the said Churches and
Chappells shall be devyded soe as the Inhabitants may bee
members of such of them as is nearest, and not necessitated
to travell further for the benefits of Gods ordinances then is
requisite.
GEORGE ALLENSON
JOHN BAYLEY
RICHD BLACKBORNE
JOHN LOWE
JOHN FINCH
RA. WORTHINGTON
GILBTE JACKSON
THURSTON LEYLAND")
ROBTE LOWE
JOHN PINCOCKE
(L.S.) JOHN PEARSON
(L.S.) his P Letter
(L.S.) GEYLES HAYDOCKE
(L.S.) ROGER PINCOCKE
(L.S.) HENRY JACKSON
(L.S.) EDWARD PILKINGTON-J
(L.S.) his "" rrlke )
CLS} R°BTE FFARRINGTON
1 RAUFFE LOWE
(L.S.) his * iSke
(L.S.)
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(L.S.)
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(LS.)
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(L.S.)
R. STANDISHE (L.S.) Jo. ATHERTON
THO. BIRCHE (L.S.)
ROBT MAWDESLEY (L.S.)
PETER HoLTE2 (L.S.)1
(L.S.)
Inquisico indentat capt apud Wigan, in Com Lane, coram Hundred
Joke Atherton, Rico Standish, Jacobo Assheton, Alexandra
Barlowe, Thoma Birck, Robto Mawdesley, Joke Hartley, Aris,
Thoma Cubkam, et Robto Gleaste, geSosis Commissionar
virtute cujusd Comissionis, sub magno sigillo Anglias
eisdem et alijs Comissionar in eadem nomiat die Mercurij,
vidzt. vicesimo sexto die Junij, Anno Dfii Millesimo sex-
centesimo quinquagesimo, p sacrm Rid Durneinge de
Bispham, gen ; Rid Sharpies de Mawdesley, gen ; Robti
Hallywell de Wrightington, gen ; Rid Woodcocke de Euxton ;
RidAyscough de Maudesley, gen ; Willi Dandy de Tarleton,
gen ; Jacobi Sherdley de ffarrington, gen ; Rid Tompson
1 None of the seals bear arms.
2 This name is not recorded as one of the Commissioners present at
this Inquisition (see page 97).
108 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
de Tarleton, gen ; Thome Jenkinson de Sallom [Sollom], gen ;
Jacobi Parker de Chorley, gen ; Georgij Norris de Tarleton,
gen ; Johis Cawdrey de Hesketh banckes, gen ; Thome Ban-
nester de Becconsall, gen ; Rici Dandy de Tarleton, gen ;
Robti Smyth de Heskin, gen ; Johis Walton de Littlehoole
[Little Hoole], gen ; et Johis fforshawe de Rufford, gen, proboa
et legaliu homin Com f)d Jur. Qui dicunt et psentat sup
sacrm suu in his verbis Anglicanis sequen vizdt :
Croston. WEE psent that there is scituate wthin the towneshippe of
Croston, in the County of Lancr, a pishe Church called
Croston Church, and a viccarage house and Lands therevnto
belonginge, of the value of thirteene pounds p ann ; And
there is alsoe severall messuages, gardens, lands, and tennts
wthth[e] appurtennces, scituate, lyinge, and beinge in Croston
afforesaid, of the yearely rent of Seven pounds six shillings
two pence, in the several tenures and occupacons of Robte
Haydock, John Lapsmith, Will™ Thornton, Roger Rydinge,
James Robinson, Thomas Hodgson, Ellis Ambrose, R&bte
Spencer, Robte Ballard, Gilbte Hardy, Richard Nelson, Thomas
K esters, Thomas Worthingtons, Nicholas Bimsons, Richard
Harrisons, Bartholamewe Harsmett, Ann Gradell, widowe,
Peter Wylding, Alexander Penington, John Blakstons, Thomas
Jackson, William Bretherton, Richard Wigans, Bartholamwv
Houghs, and Hugh Nelsons, all of Croston, parcell of and
belonging unto the said Church and Viccarage of Croston ;
And that there is the tyths and tenths of Corne and Graine,
hay, hempe, flax, calves, wooll, and lambe, and other mixt
tyths growinge, arryseing, fallinge, happening, and comynge
wthin the severall towneshipes of Croston aforesaid, worth
p Ann fiftie three pounds, and in Bretherton worth p ann
fifty five pounds ; in Ulveswalton [Ulnes- Walton] worth p
anri fortye pounds ; in Rufford worth p ann forty pounds ; in
Tarleton, Sollam [Sollom], and Holme worth p ann fifty
pounds ; in Hesketh cu Beckonsall worth p ann one and
Twenty pounds and a yearely donative of six and fifty shil-
lings and five pence payable for the receiver for the state ; in
Mawdesley and Bispham worth p ann seaventy pounds, wch are
pcell of and doe belonge to the said Viccarage and pishe
Church of Croston, and are scytuate wthin the said pishe of
CROSTON PARISH. 1 09
Croston ; and that MT James Hyot? Bachlor in Divinity, who is
a godly able Minister, doth supply the Cuer there, and is, and
for the space of twenty five yeares last past hath beene,
rector and Incumbent there, and hath received the benefit and
profitts of all the said viccarage house and lands thereunto
belonginge, the afforesaid tenemts rents, tyths, and tenths of
Corne and graine, and all other mixt tyths of and wthin the
said severall townes of Croston, Bretherton, Ulneswalton,
Rufforth, Tarleton, Sollam [Sollom], Holmes, Hesketh, and
Becconsall, and was possessed and did receive the said tyths
of Corne and graine and hay and other mixt tythes within
the said towneshipps of Mawdesley and Bispham vntill hee
did, aboute twelve yeares since, demyse and graunt over the
same tythe Corne wthin the said townes of Mawdesley and
Bispham, vnto James, then Lord Strange, and now Earle of
Derby, for a greate Number of yeares then to come, deter-
mynable and to determyne vpon the death [and decease2] of
him the said Incumbent, James Hyott1; Upon wch demyse or
graunt there was a reservacon of the yearely rent of thirteene
pounds six shillings eight pence payable to the said Incum-
bent, James Hyot^ p anri, wch said tyth of Corne and graine
of the said townes of Mawdesley and Bispham are now
worth sixty pounds p anii ; And by reason of the said lease
made to the said James, now Earle of Derby, the same tyths
of Corne wthin the said townes of Mawdesley and Bispham,
and the proffitts thereupon aryseinge, are now sequestred for
the delinquencie of (him3) the said James Earle of Derby, And
the proffitts thereof are received by the agents for seques-
tracon wthin the Hundred of Leyland, in the said County of
Lancaster ; And that the said rent of thirteene pounds six
shillings eight pence reserved vpon the said lease, And the
rents for tyth hay and other mixt tythes wch amount to
abouut ten pounds p ann, wch are yet received by the said
Incumbent, James Hyott, as pcell of and belonginge to the
said viccarage of Croston. And we further ^sent that the
tyths of Corne and graine and other mixt tyths wthin Much
Hoole and Little Hoole, beinge worth threescore pounds p
anii, did alsoe belonge and were parcell of the said Viccarage
1 Hyet is the correct spelling.
2 These words are not in the Lambeth MS. 3 Lambeth MS.
IIO LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
of Croston, and were received by the said Incumbent fames
Hyott vntill wthin ten yeares or thereabouts ; That the said
townes of Much Hoole and Little Hoole, by the consent of
the said Incumbent James Hyott, were by Act of Parliam*
made a pishe, for wch his consent the said Incumbent James
Hyott received and had the some of ffoure hundred pounds,
of and from one Mr Thomas Stones or Mr Andrew (Stones1),
or th'one of them. And wee further psent that there is a
Chappell in the said towne of Rufford, (where one1) Maister
Woods, a godly Minister well quallifyed and con-
formable to the State and Governement, doth (officiate1) (the1)
cure, but hath noe other sallery save the benevolence of his
auditorytie and the Inhabitants there, wch (Chappell is w^in1)
the said pishe of Croston, distant from the said pishe Church
of Croston three myles three quarters (and twelve1) roodes,
w4* wee hould needefull and psent necessary to be made
into a pishe, in respect the (waters lying betwixt1) the said
towne of Rufford and the said pishe of Croston are for the
most pte all the winter tyme not (passable1). (And wee1) also
psent and find it needful and necessary that there be a new
pishe Church built at the (three Lane ends in1) Tarleton,
where one of those lane ends there is called the Blackegate
Lane end, where a Church is now in building for the Inhabi-
tants of Tarleton, Holmes, and Sollome, wch wee psent need-
full to bee made a pishe Church, and (will bee) above foure
myles distant from the said pishe Church of Croston ; and
especially in regard that the number of psons wthin Tarletonn,
Solome [Sollom], and Holmes to bee of that Congregacon
are foure hundred thirty one in Number, and the number of
ffamilyes there are eighty seaven. And wee doe alsoe psent
that it is fitt that the Chappell in Becconsall should bee made
a pishe Church, beinge above two statute myles from the
place where the said new Church is in Buildinge, and many of
the Inhabitants of Hesketh are above foure myles from the said
new Church in buildinge wthin Tarleton ; And also for that
there is a greate river called Astlon [Astlan2], over wch the
Inhabitants of the said townes of Tarleton, Holmes, Sollome,
Hesketh, and Becconsall cannot passe vnto Croston Church
wthout a boate, neither can they passe wth a boate in some
1 Lambeth MS. 2 An old name for the River Duglas.
CROSTON PARISH. Ill
seasons of the yeare by reason of the greate Invndacon of
the said waters there, And alsoe by reason of the greate river
of Duglas, the ffinney [Fenny] poole, and the river of
Yarrowe overflowinge the way for all the most pte of the
winter tyme. And wee likewise psent and thinke it very
needfull and necessary that a newe Church bee built in
Mawdesley neare adiacent (to a place1) there called the foure
lane ends (whereof one of the lane ends is called Gorsy
Lane), for the vse of the (Inftitants1) wthin the said townes
of Mawdesley and Bispham, and pt of the Inhabitants of
Wrightington hereafter menconed, who are very populous
and doe consist of one hundred and twelve ffamylies and of
ffive hundred and fourteene psons, who for the most pte all
the winter tyme are debarrd from their said Ancient pishe
Church of Croston, and from all other Churches and Chap-
pells wthin the Compasse of foure myles by the Current and
greatnes of the rivers Duglas, Yarrowe, and sidbrooke [Syd
Brook], in wch said place, being the middle pte and Gentry2
of the vtmost Inhabitants of both the said Townes of
Mawdesley and Bispham and those of Wrightington affore-
said, wch wee psent needfull and necessary to bee made a
pishe, the same townes consistinge of foure myles and a
halfe in length and foure myles in breadth. Wee also $sent
needfull and necessary that all the Inhabitants of both the
said townes and pte of Wrightington bee appriated to that
said Church to bee new built, the building whereof the
Inhabitants of both the said townes and the said pte of
Wrightington are most willing to take vpon them, if course
may bee taken for preaching & mainteynce there ; and wee
doe further psent that it is fitt, needfull, and requisite that
the several Messuages, tenements, and Cottages in Wright-
ington, in the County of Lancaster, lying vpon the west or
north side of Horrocke Hill, in the severall houldings and
occupacons of (Hugh1) South-worth, Hugh Charles, Will™
Wrenall, Thomas Eccleston, Henry Eccleston, Robt ffinch, John
Hallywell, John Asshton, Nicholas Bimpson and his Mother,
Peter L at horn, Myles Moore, Nicholas Southworth, Richard
Bannester (both that where he liveth and Ropers house),
Will™ Hollands, Hugh Wainwright (and his mothers), and
1 Lambeth MS. 2 Lambeth MS. " center."
112 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
John StopfortJis, who all of them lye nearer the same new
intended meetinge place, or to bee a new erected pishe
Church, then any other Church or Chappell, And therefore
to bee vnyted, appropriated, and annexed to the same pishe
of Mawdesley and Bispham ; and also wee psent and thinke
it convenient and necessarie that the townes of Croston,
Bretherton, and Ulneswalton, (the value1) of the tythes
whereof, together wtb the Viccarage house and gleabe lands
thereunto belonginge, with the rents of the tenants, besides
fines and Incomes thereof wch belong to the said viccarage,
will extend to aboute one hundred sixtie eight pounds six
shillings ten pence, shall remaine and contynue to the pishe
of Croston, and not to be divyded and taken from the same
in respect of the (convenient1) and neare adiacencie of them
to the said pishe of Croston.
Chorky.' WEE doe also fJsent that (there is1) a Chappell wthin the
towne of Chorley wthin the County of Lancaster, called
Chorley Chappell (or Chorley1) Church, scituate in the
Middle pte of the said towne of Chorley, and is pcell of and
belonginge to the (said parish1) Church of Croston; A
Cottage and halfe a roode land of gleabe lands or there-
abouts in Chorley afforesaid unto belonginge, worth two
shillings p ami ; And wee doe find there was a donative
of (two hundred pounds1) given by one MT Henry Bannester,
late of Hackney, deceased, and another donative of ten
pounds geven by Rauffe Leaver, of Chorley, the intrest and
proffitts thereof to goe towards the mainteynce of a preach-
inge Minister at Chorley afforesaid. And wee doe psent
that wth the said donatives there is certaine lands purchased
wch jye jn Clitheroe, in the County of Lancaster, to the
yearely value of ten pounds, And that the yearely proffits
of the said lands goe to the Minister of Chorley as pt of his
sallery, wch for the space of one halffe yeare last past hath
beene and yet is diteyned by Rauffe Leaver and Richard
Haydock of Chorley afforesaid, yeoman, two of the ffeof-
fees named in the deeds of the afforesaid lands lyinge in
1 Lambeth MS.
* When this Survey was taken Chorley was part of the parish of
Croston, from which it was detached by Act of Parliament in 1793.
CROSTON PARISH. 113
Clitheroe ; And alsoe wee find another Donative of three
pounds six shillings and eight pence, the intrest thereof
likewise to goe towards the mainteynce of a preachinge
Minister at Chorley, \vch was given by Hugh Brindle, late of
Chorley, deceased ; And we doe find that Mr Henry Welch
doth supply the Cure there, & is a godly painfull preachinge
Minister, And hath for his sallery the yearely proffitts of the
said gleabe lands and the yearely proffitts of the said dona-
tives, and the yearely some of ffifty three shillings and foure
pence payed him by MT James Hyott, Rector of Croston ;
And that the said M r Walslie*- hath also for these five yeare
last past received for augmentacon of his Sallery the some
of Eighteene pounds p ann by An Order from the Comittee
of this County. And wee doe psent that the tyths aryseing
wthin the same towne of Chorley are worth fifty pounds p
ann ; And that the proffitts thereof are received by the said
Mr James Hyott, Rector and- Incumbent of the said pishe
Church and viccarage of Croston afforesaid, wch said towne
of Chorley is parte of the pishe of Croston, to his owne vse
(save and excepte that hee the said Mr James Hyott paies
out of the same the before menconed some of ffiftye three
shillings and foure pence vnto the said MT WelcJi ; And
alsoo payeth vnto the receiver of the revenewes of the Dutchy
of Lancaster the yearely rent of fforty nyne pounds ten
shillings and eleaven pence yssueinge furth of all the
viccarage gleabe lands, tenements, rents, and tyths of the
said whole pishe of Croston and Chappelry of Chorley in
the said County (due to the State). And wee doe further
psent that the said Church or Chappell of Chorley is re-
mote full sixe myles from the said pish Church of Croston,
and from any other Church foure myles, and from the
nearest Chappell two myles. And wee present fitt that the
same towne of Chorley should bee made a pishe, And
that Ridges tenement, Widdowe Charnocks, TJiomas Hales-
ivorths, James Brindles1 Smethurst house, Thomas Simpsons,
Breers house of the Tenter Bancke, Henry Holmes, Henry
Warings, Widowe Crostons, Richard Crostons, Walton's house,
Thurstan Breers, Widow Barons (all wthin Heath Char-
nocke) ; And that Thomas Warings of Barkehouse, Will1'1
1 Welch is correct.
I
114 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
Chroichloives1 (in the ffields), Henry Ry dings, Widow Parkers
(on the browe), Hugh Coiups, James ffisJiers, Robte Charnocks,
Edward Chroichlozves1, TJmrston Charnocks, John Charnocks,
John Taylors, John Bowkers, Richard Cowpers, a.n&Johnffriths,
all of Charnocke Richard, or soe many of the said mes-
suages, lands, and tenemt9 vpon admeasurem1 shall bee found
and proved to bee nearer to the afforesaid Church or Chap-
pell of Chorley then to any other Church or Chappell built
or to bee built, bee added, appropriated, and vnited to the
same pishe of Chorley. And wee doe further psent that the
viccarage, gleabelands, tenements, rents, tyth Corne, and
other Mixt tyths wthin the severall townes and hamells of
Croston Parishe, in the afforesaid p'sentmts menconed and
lately belonginge to Mr James Hyott, Viccar of Croston
afforesaid, \vthin the townes of Croston, Rufford, Bretherton,
Ulveswalton, Tarleton, Hesketh Bancke, and Chorley, wtu
the privy tyths of Mawdesley and Bispham, and the before
menconed rent of thirteene pounds six shillings and eight
pence reserved vpon the before menconed lease to the said
James Earle of Derby made by the said M'f Hyet, amounteth
to the some of three hundred fiftie two pounds thirteene
shillings six pence, out of wch some the said James Hyett,
Rector, stand eth charged wth the yearely paym* of the
anuall rent of ffifty two pounds foure shillings and three
pence, vidz* to the receiver of the Revenewe of the Dutchy
of lancaster the yearelie some of fforty nyne pounds ten
shillings eleaven pence, and to the Minister officiating, the
Cure at Chorley Church or Chappell, the yearely some or
rent of ffifty three shillings fourpence, wch said rents or
yearely paymts issue furth of the whole tyths sperituall and
Ecclesiasticall proffitts of Croston pishe, the wdl rent or
yearely payments deducted furth of the afforesaid some of
three hundred fifty two pounds thirteene shillings six pence,
the remainder over will be the some three hundred pounds
nyne shillings and three pence ; And that the tyth Corne
of Mawdesley and Bispham, demised as afforesaid to the
said James Earle of Derby, And for the said Earles delin-
quency sequestred to and for the vse of the State, amounteth
to the some of threescore pounds, out of wch the said yearelie
rent of thirteene pounds six shillings eight pence being
1 Critchloe is the usual way of spelling this surname.
CROSTON, HOOLP:, AND ECCLESTON PARISHES. 115
deducted, wch is reserved vpon the Recyted lease, and is to
bee yearly payed to the said Mr James Hyott, lessor, as affore-
said, the remainder will be the Anuall some of fforty six
pounds thirteene shillings four pence.
WEE also j>sent that in Much Hoole, wthin the County of Much
Lancaster, there is a Chappell, wch aboute ten yeares agoe and°Little
was by Act of Parliam* made a pishe Church, And that Hoole.
MT Samnell Jones is the present Incumbnt there, and is a
godly, painfull, preachinge Minister, and hath for his sallerie
and mainteyce the proffitts of the tythes wthin the same
towneshippes of Much Hoole and Little Hoole, wch are
worth three score pounds p ann (saveing and excepting) the
yearelie some of seaven pounds thirteene shillings, wch hee
payes out of the said tyths to the Receivor of the Revenewes
of the Dutchie of Lancaster, and the some of tenn pounds
vnto the schoole wthin the said towne of Much Hoole and
Little Hoole, wch some of tenn pounds was given by Mr
Thomas Stones or MT Andrewe Stones, or the one of them,
out of the tyths of Much Hoole and Little Hoole, beeinge
the onelie purchaser and doner thereof." And wee doe fur-
ther j3nt fitt that the same pishe of Hoole should continue
and remaine together as now it is, and not to bee sepated or
added vnto any other Church or Chappell ; And that the
tythes wthin the pishe of Hoole anywise growinge due to
Mr Samuell Jones, Incumbent there, amounteth to the some
of sixty pounds p ann, out of wdl said Anuall some of sixty
pounds the said Incumbent, Mr Jones, payeth yearely the
receiver of the revenues of the Dutchy of Lancaster the
some of seaven pounds thirteene shillings p ann, And to a
schoole in the same pish the some of tenn pounds p Ann ;
the remainder to the said Incumbent is the some of fforty
two pounds seaven shillings.
WEE alsoe psent that in the Towneshippe of Eccleston, nere Eccleston.
Croston, in the County of Lancaster, there is scituate a pishe
Church called Eccleston Church, And a psonage house, and
certen glebe lands, wth a water corne milne thereunto be-
longinge, worth thirty pounds p ann ; And the tyths of Corne
1 Hoole was severed from Croston parish in 1641.
I 2
Il6 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
and the privye tythes wUlm the same towne are worth forty
pounds p Ann; And that the tyths of Heskine are worth
twenty pounds p Ann ; and that the tyths of Corne and the
privye tyths wthin Wrightington and Parbold are worth foure
score pounds p Ann ; And that Mr Edward Gee is the psent
incumbent at the said pish Church of Eccleston, and supplies
the Cure there, and is an orthodox godly preachinge Minis-
ter, And hath for his sallery and mainte^'ce the proffitts of
the before menconed psonige, gleabe lands, watercorne mylne,
and tyths ; And wee doe alsoe present that in the said towne
of Parbold there is a Chappell, called Duglas [Douglas]
Chappell, scytuated at the furthest pte of the said towne-
shippe and parishe of Eccleston, and a donative of twenty
pounds in the hands of Andreive Whittle of Wrightington,
And that the interest of the said donative is to bee payed
yearely towards the mainteynce of a prechinge minister
there ; And another donative of ffive pounds, Given by Joint
Toogood, late of Wrightington, deceased, and likewise that
the yearly Interest thereof is to goe to the minister of the
said Chappell ; And wee psent that MT Will™ Brownsword
is Minister at the said Chappell, and supplies the Cure, and
is a godlie painfull minister (but did not observe the thir-
teenth day of this instant month, appointed by Act of
Parliam1 to be kept as a day of humiliacon, and had notice
of it by the Constable), And that the said MT Broivnsword
hath for his sallery and mainteynce the yearelie intrest of the
said donatives and ffiftie ffive pounds p Ann payed vnto him
by the said Mr Gee, pson of Eccleston, out of the proffitts of
the tyths wthin the pishe of Eccleston ; And wee doe also
psent that it is fitt and necessarie that the towne of Parbold
and the south and southwest side of Wrightington abutting
towards Parbold, and lyingc nearer vnto Duglas [Douglas]
Chappell then any other Church or Chappell, bee appro-
priated and vnited there vnto, and the same to remaine a
Chappell ; And that the tyths and tenths of Parbold and
parte of Wrightington afforesaid, or sufficient mainteyce for a
godly preaching Minister there, may be alsoe appropriated and
vnited to the said Chappel. And wee further psent that the
psonage, glebelands, mylne, tyth Corne, mixt tyths, and all
other spiritual and Ecclesiasticall proffitts wthin the pishe of
Eccleston afforesaid, accrueing and growcing due to the said
ECCLESTON PARISH. 117
Incumbent, Mr Edivard Gee, together wtu the small donatives
in the psentmts before menconed, amounteth vnto the some of
one hundred seaventy two pounds p Ann, out of wcb the said
Gee payeth over vnto the afforenamed MT Will™ Brownsword,
for officiatinge the Cure att Duglas Chappell afforesaid, a
stipend or sallery of ffifty pounds p anfi, the remainder over to
the said Mr Gee will bee the some of one hundred and fifteene
pounds. And wee psent that the east side of the said towne
of Wrightington (allreadye1) not disposed of to any Church
or Chappell, shall bee appropriated and annexed to the said
Parish Church of Eccleston, or vnto such other Church or
Chappell built or to bee built as shall bee nearest to them.
AND lastly wee doe present and think it fitt, meete, and re-
quisite that all and every the severall Churches and Chappells
that may bee divyded from one to another, or made pishes,
and are before in these or any of these psentmts menconed, shall
bee proporconably divyded and sev'ed by mates and bonds to
distinguishe the (pcincts1) and lifcties of the said pishes and
Chappelries, and that such towneshipps and hamletts as lye
betwixt any (two of1) the said Churches and Chappells shall
be divyded soe as the Inhabitants may be members of such of
them (as is1) nearest, and not necessitated to travell further
for the benefits of gods ordinances then is requisite.
RICH. DURNINGE (L.S.) JAMES PARKER (L.S.)
RICHARD SHARPLES (L.S.) GEORGE NORRIS (L.S.)
ROBTE HALLYWELL (L.S.) JOHN GAWDREY^ 1 /LS)
EDWARD WOODCOCKE (L.S.) his c mke J
RICH. ASCOUGH (L.S.) THO. BANNESTER (L.S.)
WILLM DANDY (L.S.) RICH. DANDY (L.S.)
JAMES SHERDLEY (L.S.) ROBT SMYTH (L.S.)
RICH. TOMPSON (L.S.) JOHN WALTON (L.S.)
THO. JENKINSON "I n c^ JOHN FORSHAWE 1 /T c \
, . ?), f (L..b.) 9). (L,.Z>.)
his x rnke J mke d J
(JOHN ATHERTON THOMAS BIRCH
ROBT MAWDESLEY THOMAS CUBHAM
ROBT GLEST3)
Lambeth MS. 2 Cawdrey is the correct name (see page 108).
3 Lambeth MS. The signatures of the Commissioners are not in the
original MS.
IlS LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
[HUNDRED OF LONSDALE.]
(Libat fuit Cur xiij° die Novembris I650.1)
Inquisicon indented, taken at Lancaster in ye Countye of
Lancaster, yc eighteenth day of June in ye yeare of our Lord
God One thousand six hundred and ffifty, before Richard
Shuttleworth, John Starkie, Thomas Whittingham, John
Sazvrey, Jereiah Aspinwall, George Toultison, William West,
and George Pigott, Esqrs, by virtue of a Comission vnder yc
Create Scale of England, to them and others directed, bear-
ing date ye Twenty ninth day^of March last, for inquiring
ye Number and reall yearly value and scittuacon of Churches
& Chappells within ye said Countye, And how ye same are
pvided of Maintance and preaching Ministers, by ye Oathes
of good and lawful men of ye Hundred of Loynsdale [Lons-
dale], in ye said County, viz1, Richard Hest of Warton, gen ;
Gervase Ward of Warton, gen ; Robert Hadwen, Senr, de
Carnfourth [Carnforth], gen ; Henry Simpkinson of ye same,
gen ; Christopher Hobkin of Yealand, gen ; Robert Oxcliffe of
Yealand, gen ; John Talbot of Tateham [Tatham], gen ; John
Smyth of ye same, gen ; Laurence Walker of ye same ; Henry
Staires of Arholme [Arkholme], gen ; Edward Cort of y6
same, gen ; William Dicconson of ye same, gen ; Bryan
Bland of Newton, gen ; Bryan Dawney of Whittington, gen,
and Henry Croft of Whittington, gen, Who say vpon their
Tunstall Oathes That ye Paresh Church of Tunstall, within ye said Hun-
[lunstal]. dred of Loinsdale [Lonsdale] and County of Lancaster, is a
Vickaradge presentative by ye heires of S'f John Girlington, a
delinquent decd patron, Ar\d that ye Parsonadge or Rectorye
of Corne and graine are impropriate to Mr Edward Wilson
of Nether Leavers, in ye County of Westmland, and are worth
a hundred and twenty pounides p ann or thereabouts ; And
ye said Jurors say That ye said pish of Tunstall doth containe
within yt severall Towneshipps, Hamletts, or Villages of ye
1 Lambeth MS.
TUNSTAL AND CLAUGHTON PARISHES. 119
severall distances from yc said parish Church hereafter fol-
lowinge : viz4, Tunstall, where y° Church is seated ; Cansfeild
[Cantsfield], distant as aforesaid One myle, Burrough [Bur-
row] One myle, Lecke [Leek] Three myles and a halfe.
That there are no Tythes of Corne and Graine, But that there
is Wooll, Lamb, Pigg, Goose, hay, hempe, flax, and small
Tythes throughout ye whole pish ; That ye whole pffytts
issuing out of and belonging to ye viccarage were of late
worth about Thirty pounds p anfi before ye decay of Sheep,
but now about fifteene pounds p ann ; And that there is
within ye said parish one Chappell, hereafter recited, being
distant from its Parish Church, viz1, Lecke [Leek], Three
miles and a half, And that ye Viccar for ye Tyme being at
Lecke is MT ' JoJm Leake, Maister of Arts ; And ye said Jurors
say that ye said Chappell of Leeke hath not any main-
tainance nor Minister, And that ye Congregacon of ye said
Chappellry of Lecke humbly pray their said Chappell of
Lecke may bee made Parochiall, and ye Hamletts of Ireby,
which lye about a myle from their said Chappell and Two
myles from their owne parish Church of Thornton (scituate
in Yorkshire) ; And that ye Parkehouse (wthin theire said
Parish of Tunstall), three miles from the said pish Church,
and wtllin half a myle of ye said Chappell, may be sepated
from their parish Churches and annexed to ye said Chappell
at Lecke, and some certaine maintainance may be allowed
thereunto.
AND the said Jurors further say vpon their Oathes That Claugh-
yc parish Church of Claughton, within ye said hundred ofton'
Loinsdale and County of Lancaster, is a Parsonage with
Cure of Soules psentative by y° Lords of ye Mannor of
Claughton twice and by yc heires of Sr Peter LeigJi of
Lyme, knight, decased, once, in Turnes, being Patrons
thereof; And that there is belonging to ye said Rectory a
Parsonadge Howse and about Three Acres of Glebe. And
yc said Jurors say That there are Tythes of Corne and
Graine belonging to ye said Parsonadge throughout the
whole pish, as also Wooll, Lamb, pigg, goose, hay, hemp,
flax, and small Tythes payable through ye whole parish,
As also that there is some prescription or Composicon rent
120 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
for tyth hay, worth about sixteene shillings p anfi, And that
the whole proffitts issueing out of ye said Rectory are reputed
to be worth about Twenty eight pounds, besides an Augmen-
tacon of Twenty pounds p ami by order of ye Comittie of
Lancashire. And ye said Jurors likewise say That the
Minister Officiating ye Cure of ye Church for ye time being
is Mr Edward Aston, Bachelour of Artes. And ye said
Jurors say vpon their Oathes That ye Parish Church of
Tateham Tateham, wthin ye said Hundred of Loynsdale and County
of Lancaster, is a parsonage psentative by ye Lord M or ley, a
papist Delinquent Patron thereof; And ye said Jurors say
That ye said Parish of Tateham [Tatham] doth containe
within it but one Towneshipp, where yc Parish Church is
seated, And That there is belonging to ye said parish a
Parsonadge howse and aboute sixteene acres of Gleabe land,
As also That ye said parson hath ye Tythes of Corne and
graine belonging to his psonage onely in Tateham Towne,
And that he hath onely Wooll, lamb, & Calfe through the
said parish, and likewise some prescription or Composicon
Rents in Tateham ffell worth about ffortye shillings p anfi ;
And y& said Jurors say That ye whole pfittes issuing out of
& belonging to ye said psonage are worth about nifty Two
pounds p ann, And besides they say there is an Augmen-
tacon of fforty marks p ann by Order of ye Comittee of
Lancashire fforthe of Sequestracons ; And that there is
within and pt of ye said Parish but one Chappell hereafter
recited, being distant from ye Parish Church, viz* Tateham
Chappill, ffive myles, ye Church standing quite beyond any
Inhabitant of ye said parish very inconveniently. And the
said Jurors likewise say That ye Minister of ye said Parish
Church for the tyme being is Mr Nicholas Smyth, And that
the Chappell of Tateham belonging to the sd pish Church of
Tateham is pvided of Maintainance & Minister of hereafter
followeth, viz1 ffifty shillings paid yearely and anciently by
ye Inhabitants and fforty pounds p anfi by order from ye
Comittie of plundered Ministers forth of yc Rectory of
unpropriate Tythes of Melling belonging to y* said Lord
Morley, a papist delinquent ; ye Minister for ye Tyme being
Officiating att ye said Chappell is M T Drinckall, an honest
man.
WARTOX PARISH. 121
AND yc said Jurors say vpon their Oathes That yc pish Warton.
Church of Warton within ye said Hundred of Lonsdale and
County of Lancaster is a Vicarage psentative now by y°
Chancellour of ye Duchy and formly by ye Deane and
Chapter of Worcester, to whome ye whole Rectory and all
ye Tythes and other pfitts are impropriated and granted by
ye said Deane and Chapter to William Pennington, Esqr
and Sr George Middleton, knight and Barronet, a com-
pounded delinquent for .some yeares yet in being, and are
worth about Two hundred seaventy seaven pounds p ann,
out of wch the ffarmors, by Order of ye said Deane and
Chapter, are to pay yearly fiforty shillings to ye poore of ye
same pish. And y° said Jurors say That ye said Parish of
Warton doth containe within it ye severall Towneshipps,
Hamletts, or Villages of ye severall distances from ye said
parish Church hereafter following, viz* Warton, where ye
Church is seated, distant as aforesaid Three myles ; Yealand
Conyers, One myle ; Yealand Readman [Redmayne], Two
myles; Silverdale, four myles; Hutton, Two and a half;
Barwicke [Berwick], Two myles ; Carneforth [Carnforth], one
myle ; And that there is belonging to the said Viccaridge a
little Viccaradge howse, and vnder an acre of glebe. And the
said Jurors say further That ye whole pfitts issuing out of ye
said Viccaradg were worth about Twenty pounds p ann, and
That ye same is yet allowed by the ffarmrs of ye said Deane
and Chapter forthe of ye said whole Rectory, and an Aug-
mentacon of ffifty pounds p ann allowed by Order of ye
Comittee of Goldsmiths hall vpon Sr Georg Midletons Com-
posicon ; And that there are within and pt of ye said pish
these Chappells hereafter recited, being distant from their
parish Church, viz* Silverdale, ffive myles ; Barwick [Berwick],
two myles ; And That ye Minister Officiating for ye tyme
being is one MT Richard Walker, Mr of Arts. And ye said
Jurors doe also say That the severall Chappells belonging
to ye said pish Church of Warton are pvided of Main-
tainance and Ministers as hereafter is expressed; viz* ye said
Chappell of Silverdale hath no maintainance at all, but ye
poore inhabitants forced to hyre a poore Minister for Twenty
Nobles p ann ; And That ye said Inhabitants humbly pray
That a settled Maintainance for a preaching Minister may
122 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
be allowed them, and that ye Towne of Lindeth may bee
annexed to them, which is is allso desired by the said Inhabi-
tants of Lindeth. That ye said Chapell of Barwicke [Bor-
wick] hath a Salary of Twenty pounds p anfi geven by
Sr Robert Bindlos, knight, deceased, by his last Will and
Testament to a preaching Minister at Barwicke [Berwick]
Chappell, whilst any of his name or blood should bee the
Lords of Barwicke [Berwick], out of certaine lands in
Wensadale [Wensley Dale], in Yorkshire, called Cham house,
butt the same is wth holden and not payed.
Whitting- AND ye said Jurors say upon their oathes that the parish
Church of Whittington, wthin ye said Hundred of Loynsdale
[Lonsdale] and County of Lancaster, is a parsonage psen-
tative with Cure of Soules, And That Thomas Came, Esq'\
a papist delinquent, is reputed patron, ye same being an
entire Rectory ; And that ye said pish of Whittington doth
containe within it ye sev'all Towneshipps, Hamletts, or
Villages of ye severall distances from ye said parish Church
hereafter followinge, viz* Whittington, where ye Church is
seated ; Newton, distant as aforesaid One mile ; Docker,
One myle and a half; And likewise That there is belonging
to ye said Church Two acres of Gleabe landes or thereabouts,
and also Tythes of Corne and grayne through the whole
parish, together with wooll, lamb, pigg, goose, hay, hemp,
flax, and small Tythes through ye whole parish, Except hay
in Docker, for which ye Inhabitants of Docquer [Docker]
paye a pscripcon rent. And yc said Jurors further say That
there is some pscripcon or Composicon Rent wthin ye said
pish onely, for hay in Docquer [Docker] as before about
Twenty shillings, And that ye whole pffitts issuing out of
the whole Rectorie are comonly reputed to be worth one
hundred thirtye seaven pounds ; And ye said Jurors likewise
saye That ye Minister Officiating ye Cure att ye said pish
Church of Whittington is MT Richard Jackson, Maister of
Arts, a godly preaching Minister.
Melling. AND ye said Jurors doe likewise say vpon their Oathes
That ye Parish Church of Melling within the said Hundred of
Loynsdale [Lonsdale] and County of Lancaster is a vicarage
MELLING PARISH. 123
psentative vnder yc Create Scale of England, And that yc
Rectorye or Tythes of Corne and Graine are impropriate to ye
Lord Morley, a papist delinquent, worth about Two hundred
and ffifty pounds p ann, And That ye said pish doth con-
taine within it ye sevall Towneshipps, Hamletts, or Villages
of ye severall distances from ye pish Church hereafter ex-
pressed, viz1 Melling, where ye Church is seated ; Wrayton,
distant as aforesaid half a mile; Aaram [Arkholme], ffive
miles; Cawood, ffive myles ; Horneby [Hornby], one mile and
a halfe ; Roberindale [Roeburndale], seaven miles ; Botton,
seaven miles ; Wraa [Wray], three miles ; Wennington, two
miles ; ffarlton [Farleton], two myles. And say likewise That
some of those townes that have no Chappells are nearer other
Churches and Chappells then their owne, viz* Botton, but a
mile distant from Tatham Chappell, And the said Inhabi-
tants of Botton desire to bee annexed therto. And the
said Jurors likewise say That there is belonging to ye said
Church Tenn Acres of Gleabe lands or thereabouts, And
that there is payable through ye whole pish part of the
small Tyths, except onely in Botton and Roberindale
[Roeburndale] ; And they doe further say That there is
payable wthin the said pish a Ascription or Composicon Rent
amounting to ye some of Two pounds Thirteene shillings
four pence p ann paid by ye Lord Morley to ye Viccar there
Officiating for all the Townes wthin that Parish, And that
ye inttire pffitts issueing out of ye said Vicarage are worth
about Thirty pounds, And besides they say That there is
ffifty pounds p ann allowed by ye Comittee of plundered
Ministers for Augmentacon forth of the said impropriated
Rectory of ye said Lord Morley ; And that ye said pish of
Melling hath within it two Chappells distant from ye pish
Church, viz* Hornby, One mile and a half distant ; Aaram
[Arkholme], ffive myles ; And That there is for ye Tyme
being no Minister to supply ye Cuer of ye said Church, but
that ye place is void by ye removall of M. T John Smith to
another Benefice in Northumberland. And further ye said
Jurors say That yc severall Chappells hereafter menconed,
seated within ye said pish of Melling, are pvided of Main-
tainance and Ministers as followeth, viz* That ye Chappell of
Hornby hath Six pounds p ann, yett and antiently paid by
124 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
yc Inhabitants of ye Chappellry, and fiforty pounds p anfi by
Order of ye Comittee of plundered Ministers forthe of ye
impropriate Tythes of yc Lord Morley within ye same Chap-
pellry, being worth One hundred and fforty pounds p anfi.
The Inhabitants within ye Chappellry humbly pray ye said
Chappell may bee made a Parish Church, And ye Inhabitants
of Wraa, Roberindale [Roeburndale], and ffarlton doe pray
ye same, And that they may bee annexed to ye said Church
of Hornby ; ye Minister Officiating there is M r Kiddson,
an honest, godly man ; And That ye Chappell of Aaram
[Arkholme] hath foure pounds Thirteene shillings ffoure
pence p anfi as yet allowed, and antiently had it paid by ye
Inhabitants of ye Chappellry, And fiforty pounds Augmen-
tacon by like Order forth of ye same Tythes. The Inhabi-
tants likewise pray they may be made a parish and have
a settled Maintainance ; ye Minister Officiating there is
Mr Foster. In witness whereof as well ye said Comissioners
as ye said Jurors have hereunto sett their handes & scales
ye day and yeare first above written.
RICHARD REST (L.S.) JERVASE WARD (L.S.)
ROBTE HADWEN (L.S.) HENRY SIMPKINSON (L.S.)
CROFER HOBKIN (L.S.) ROBTE OXCLIFFE (L.S.)
JOHN TALBOTT (L.S.) JOHN SMYTH (L.S.)
LAWRENCE WALKER (L.S.) HENRY STAIRES (L.S.)
EDWARD CORT (L.S.) WILL^ DICCONSON (L.S.)
BRYAN BLAND (L.S.) BYANJ DAWNEY (L.S.)
HENRY CROFTE (L.S.)
JlREHIAHASPINWALL(L.S.) GEO. PlGOT (L.S.)
THO. WHITTINGHAM (L.S.) JOHN SAWREY (L.S.)
W. WEST (L.S.)2
Inquisicon3 indented taken at Lancaster, in the County of
Lane6, ye xvijth day of June, in ye year of our Lord God
1 Bryan in the Inquisition (see page 118).
• The seals all plain.
3 The original MS. at the Record Office is much damaged and
obliterated.
LANCASTER PARISH. 125
1650, before 'Richard Shiittleworth, JoJm Starkie, Thomas
WJiittingJiam, John Sawrey, Jereiah Aspinwall, George
Touluson, William West, & Georg Pigot, Esqrs, by virtue of
a Comission vnder ye Create Scale of England to them &
others directed, bearing date ye Twentie ninth day of March
last, for inquiring of ye Number, reall yearly value, & scitu-
acon of Churches & Chappells within ye said County, and
how ye same is pvided of maintainance and preaching
Ministers, by ye Oathes of good and lawfull men of ye Hun-
dred of Loynsdale [Lonsdale], in ye said County, viz*, Thomas
Westmore, of Middleton, gen ; Gyles Hysham of Lancaster,
gen ; (Edmund^) Berivicke of Highfield, genn ; Robert Caton
of Scottforth, gen ; Thomas Lawson of the Craw-dubb, gen ;
(Robert Dickensoti1} of Boulton, gen ; Edmund Hoivsemaii
of Slyne, gen ; Thomas Hynd of Heaton, gen ; William
Thornton of Halton Parke, gen ; Richard Hewetson of Bare,
gen ; Henry Holme of Netherkellet, Junr, gen ; Robert
Troughton (of Overton, gen1) ; andjo/m Wilkinson de eadem,
gen, who say upon their Oathes, That ye Parish Church of
Lancaster, within ye said Hundred of Loinsdale and County (Lancas-
of Lancaster, is a Viccaradge ^sentative by ye said George e
Totiluson, And That ye parsonage or Rectory or Tythes of
Corne and graine within most of ye said parish are impro-
priated to Sr Robert Bindlos, Baronet, & his heires, & are
farmed att ffive hundred and Tenn pounds p ami, or there-
abouts. And ye said Jurors say That ye said parish of
Lancaster doth containe within it ye severall Townshipps,
Hamletts, or Villages of ye severall distances from ye said
parish Church hereafter following, viz* (Lancaster1), whereof
ye Church is seated ; (Scottforth, distant as1) aforesaid one
mile ; Ashton, ffoure miles ; Thurnham, ffive miles ; Quar-
more [Quernmore], ffoure miles ; Wyersdale, eight miles ;
Gressingham, eight miles ; Caton, ffour miles ; (Stalmine1,)
Seven^eene1) miles ; (Skerton, one mile ; Poulton, Bare, and1)
Tho^is^holme [Torrisholme], three miles; Middleton1), six
miles; (Overton, six miles1); He(aton1,) three miles; Tox-
teth Parke3, ffiftie miles; part of ffull(wood sixteene miles;
1 Lambeth MS.
2 Toxteth was anciently a park belonging to the Duchy, and formed
part of the parish of Lancaster.
126 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
and Cadiley [Cadley], sixteene ; Bleasdell [Bleasdale] fforrest,
thirteene miles1) ; and Myers (cough1), thirteene miles. And
that there is belonging to ye said Vicaradg twenty seaven
acres of gleab land lying neare ye Church (within the Towne
of Lancaster, and that the said Viccar hath the Tythes of
Corne1) and graine belonging to his Vicaradge onely in
Lancaster, Th^rnham1) cu Glass(on, Baldsbury1) [Badsbury],
and Midgham [Midgehall] in Myercough [Myerscough], and
likewise Wooll, Lambe, pig(g, goose, hay, hempe, flax, and
small tythes in Lancaster, Skerton, Poulton, Bare, and
Thorisholme, and1) most of ye said Parish ; Th(at the whole1)
pfitts issuing out of and belonging to ye said Vicaradg are
worth Two hundred (and eighty pounds per ann, to the
Viccar whereof the aforesaid Gleabe is parcell ; And that
there are within and part of the1) said pish these Chappells
hereafter recited, being distant from their Parish Church, viz*
Wyersdale, eight statute miles, Admarsh in B^easdall1),
thirteene miles; (Stalmin, seaventeene miles; Gressingham,
eight miles1) ; Caton, ffour miles; Overton, six miles; Tox-
teth Parke, ffifty miles ; And That ye Viccar for ye Tyme
being att Lancaster aforesaid is Mr William Marshall, Mr of
Arts, a godly and painfull Minister (of Jesus Christ1). And
ye said Jurors say, That ye severall Chappells belonging to
ye said Parish Church of Lancaster (are1) pvided of Main-
tainance & Ministers as hereafter is expressed, viz1 y6 said
Chappell of Wyersdale (hath, and time out of mind hath
had, ffoure pounds1) p ann forthe of ye (Revenue and1)
Thirtie pounds p ann Augmentacon forth of ye impropriate
Rectory of Bolton, belonging to S1' (Henry Campion*), knight,
a delinquent by order of yc Comittie of Goldsmiths Hall
(upon1) ST Henry (Comptoiis composition1). The Minister
at ye s(aidl) Chappell is M'f Thomas Denny, Bachalour of
Arts, who has beene a preaching Minister there aboue (twelve1)
yeares ; And That ye Chappell of Admarsham [Admarsh] (in
Bleasdall, hath neyther minister nor maintenance, and that the
people thereabouts are an ignorant1) and careless people,
knowing nothing of ye worship of God, but live in ignorance
and supsticcon, (and1) six myles from any Church or Chappell ;
1 Lambeth MS.
LANCASTER PARISH. I2/
And That ye said Chappell of (Stalmin hath1) about ten
pounds p ann in small Tythes, and fifty pounds p ann by
Order from ye Comittie of plundered Ministers, the Minister
there for ye Tyme being Mr Jenney*, Ma(isterx) of Arts ;
And that ye said Chappell of (Gressingham1) hath about
Six pounds Thirteene shillings four pence p ann in small
Tythes and fforty pounds p ann forth of ye sequestred
Tythes impropriate to ye Lord Morley, a papist Delinquent,
by Order from y° Comittee of plundred Ministers (the
minister there1) Mr Sell*, a painfull Preacher. And that ye
Congregacon of ye said Chappelry of Gressingham humbly
pray That they may bee made a Parish, And That ye Inhabi-
tants of Aughton being four myles from their parish Church
(and within two myles1) of Gressingham, And also That ye
Congregacon of (Aaram1) [Arkholme], (seperated1) from
Melling, its parish Church by ye River Loyne [Lune], which
they cannot pass without danger of life, may be sepated from
their said parish and vnited to (theire said1) Congregacon &
Church of Gressingham, which is humbly submitted by ye
said Comissioners and Jurors. And ye said Jurors further
say, That ye said parochiall Chappell of Caton hath about
Three pounds Six shillings Eight pence p ann in small
Tythes, and a hundred pounds p ann forth of ye Rectory of
Boulton [Bolton] belonging to ye said Sr Henry Compton, a
Delinquent by Order of Goldsmiths Hall vpon ye said
Delinquents Composicon ; the Minister there for the Tyme
being is Mr Schoolcroft^, Maister of Arts ; And That Overton
had Antiently, but not of late, foure pounds p ann paid by
ye Vicar of Lancaster, and aboute Three yeares since ffourty
pounds p ann granted by yc Comittee of plundered Ministers
forthe of ye said Rectory of Boulton, which fforty pounds is
now reduced to about Sixteene pounds p ann by ye Sollici-
tation of one M1' Chamberlaine, Agent for ye said Sr Henry
1 Lambeth MS.
2 Canon Raines, in his Not. Cest., gives this name as ' F<?/t/iy'; the
original MS., as well as the Lambeth, gives Jenney; his Christian name
was Henry. He was afterwards Vicar of St. Michael's Le Wyre.
3 John Syll, Pastor of Gressingham, signed the "Agreement of the
People."
4 James Schoolcrofte, minister of Caton, signed the " Harmonious
Consent of the Ministers, &c."
128 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
Compton, whereby their Minister, Mr Thomas ffaivcett, an
honest, godly, painfull Man, is lately gone from them for
want of Maenteinance. The said Chappell of Overton and
most of ye Inhabitants of Overton (Middleton1) and Heaton
(except Oxcliff), being about Eighty ffamilies within ye same
Chappelry, are Six Myles distant from Lancaster, their Parish
Church, and so surrounded by the flowing sea twice in twenty
foure howers That they cannot pass to their parish Church,
and have no other Church nearer them but Hysham [Hey-
sham], about Three miles distant from ye most pte of ye
said Inhabitants, who humbly pray a Settled Maintainance
& Ministery, and to bee made a Parish of themselves. In
Order to which ye said Inhabitants have (agreed to remove
the1) said Chappell to a more convenient place within Mid-
dlton aforesaid att theire owne Chardge ; And ye said Jurors
doe likewise say, That ye said Chappell of Toxteth3 hath
Allowance of ye Tythes within Toxteth by Order of ye
Cornittee of plundered Ministers, (worth1) p ami Sixty
pounds (coib' annis), and Tenn pounds out of ye Rectory of
Walton by like Order ; ye Minister Mr Thomas Huggin, an
honest godly Man and a Graduate.-1
(Cocker- AND ye said Jurors doe further say vpon their Oathes, That
1 '' ye Parish Church of Cockerham, within ye said Hundred of
Loinsdale [Lonsdale] and County of Lane6 is a Vicaradge Pre-
sznt3ii\.ve,JohnCalvert,Esqr, a Papist Delinquent, Patron; That
ye Tythes of Corne and graine within ye whole Parish are Im-
propriate to ye said Mr Calvert and to Mr Bradshaw, another
Delinquent papist, worth One hundred and sixteene pounds p
ann, viz4 Eighty pounds p ann in Ellell, sixteene pounds p ann
in Cockerham, and Twenty pounds p ann in fforton ; And That
there is another Tyth of Corn in pt of Thornham [Thurnham],
within ye said pish, impropriate to ye said Mr Bradshaw, worth
Ten pounds p ann ; And ye said pish of Cockerham doth con-
taine within it yeseverall Townshipps, hamletts, or Villages of
yc severall distances from ye said Parish Church heretofore4
following, viz* Cockerham, where ye Church is seated ; (Ellell1)
[Ellel], distant as aforesaid Three miles ; fforton, one mile ;
1 Lambeth MS. - Known as " Dingle Chapel."
3 Other parts of Lancaster, see/w/.
4 So in the original and Lambeth copy.
COCKERHAM AND BOLTON PARISHES. 129
pt of Cleveley Three myles ; pt of Thurnham Three myles ;
one howse in Lower Wyersdale, viz4 Robert Websters, of ye
Holmes ; And that there is belonging to ye said Church a
Vicarage howse and Six acres & a halfe of Glebe land, and
also Tyth of Salt & Wooll, lambe .& pigg, Goose, hay,
hempe, flax, and small Tythes, in most of ye places within
ye said Vicaradge ; That there is some Composicon Rent from
Thurnham Hall, about Six shillings p anfi ; That ye pffitts
thereof were anciently reputed to bee about Sixty pounds
p anfi, but by reason of ye decay of Sheepe ye said Vicaradge
hath beene ffarmed ye last yeare for Thirty five pounds. And
ye said Jurors likewise say That ye said Parish of Cockerham
doth containe within it ye severall Chappelles distant from
their said pish Church as followeth, viz*, Ellell [Ellel], Three
myles, Shierside [Shire Side1] Three miles ; And that ye
Incumbent officiating att ye said Parish Church for ye Tyme
being is one M1' Tlwmas Smith during ye Sequestracon of
MT William Calvert, ye Vicar, for delinquency. And ye said
Jurors further say That ye said severall Chappells belonging
to ye said pish Church of Cockerham are pvided for as fol-
loweth ; viz', ffifty pounds p anfi allowed by Order from ye
Cofnittees of plundered Ministers to ye said Chappell of
Ellell; ye Minister there MT Peter Atkinson; And that ye
said Chappell of Shierside [Shire Side] hath no certaine
Maintainance to their knowledge, the Minister there for ye
Tyme being Mr JoJin ffisJier.
AND ye said Jurors further say vpon their Oathes That ye (Boulton5)
Parish of Boulton [Bolton], within ye said Hundred of Loyns- sands]"
dale and County of Lancaster, was a Rectory impropriate to ye
Bishopps Sea of Chester, which Bishoppe demised ye said
Rectory to ST Henry Compton, a delinquent, for lives yet in
beinge, which is now farmed att Three hundred & Tenn
pounds p anfi, and extends to ye Towneshipps of Boulton
[Bolton], Slyne cu Hest, Nether Kellet, Over Kellet, £
Cappenwray [Capernwray], within which Rectory there is a
Vicarage psentative by ye said Bishopp, which Vicaradge of
Boulton doth containe within it ye severall Townshipps,
1 Also known as Shire's Head Chapel. - Lambeth MS.
K
130 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
Hamletts, or Villages of their severall distances from ye said
pish Church, viz1 Bouiton, where ye pish Church is seated ;
Slyne cu Hest, distant as aforesaid One myle, Nether
Kellet Two myles, Over Kellet ffoure myles, Cappenwray
Three myles ; And That there belongeth to ye said Parish
Church of Bouiton a Vicaradge house and Seaventeene acres
of Glebe land, and no Tythes of Corne but wooll, lamb, pigg>
goose, haye, hempe, flax, & small Tythes through ye whole
Parish except Over Kellet, which are worth about ffoure
pound p anfi ; And that ye whole pffittes of ye said Viccaradge
are worth about Twenty pounds p ann to ye Viccar, besides
which ye psent Incumbent hath an Augmentacon of an hun-
dred pounds p ann forthe of ye said Impropriate Rectory by
Order of Goldsmiths hall vpon Sr Compton's Composicon,
paid by Mr Chamberlayne, agent for Sr Henry Compton.
And yesaid Jurors say That ye said pish hath within it (one1)
Chappell pochiall within Over Kellet, ffour miles distant
from ye said Parish Church of Bouiton, And that Mf John
Jacques is Incumbent and preacher att ye said Parish Church,
And that ye said Chappell of Over Kellet, within ye said
pish is pvided of maintainance & Ministers as hereafter is
expressed, viz*, hath about Tenn pounds p ann in small
Tythes and ffiftie pounds p ann forthe of yc said impropriate
Tythes by like Order of Goldsmiths Hall ; the Minister there,
Mr William Smith, a preacher.
(Halton.1) AND ye said Jurors say vpon their Oathes That ye Parish
Church of Halton, within ye said Hundred of Loynsdale, is
a Parsonadge ^sentative antiently by Thomas Cams, Estf, ye
Elder, a papist, and doth containe within it ye severall Town-
shipps, Hamletts, or Villages of ye severall distances from
yc said parish Church hereafter following ; viz1 Halton, where
ye Church is seated, & Aughton, ffour miles distant. And
That they have heard there is a psonage howse & some
Gleab lands belonging to ye said Church concninge which
there is a suite depending whether itt be Glebe or no. But
whether it bee so or not, or what it is, or where it lyes, they
know not, but leave itt to to ye issue of ye said Suite. And the
1 Lambeth MS.
HALTON AND LANCASTER PARISHES. 131
said Jurors say That there are Tythes of Corne & graine
belonging to ye said Parsonage through ye whole Parish
(certaine lands Excepted), for which ye (owners pay a pre-
scription1) Rent of Six pounds or thereabouts; That there
is wooll, lamb, pigg, goose, hay, hemp, flax & small Tythes
payable through ye whole Parish, and Prescription or Com'
posicon Rent amounting to Six pounds p anfi or thereabouts ;
And that ye cleare pffites of ye said parish are worth Eighty
pounds p anri to ye Parson, without Reference to ye land
in Suite. That ye said parish of (Ha^lton hath within itt a
Chappell distant from yc Parish Church, viz* Aughton, ffoure
miles; That ye Minister of ye said parish Church is Mr
Thomas WhiteJiead, Mr of Arts. And further ye said Jurors
say That ye said Chappell of Aughton, within ye said Parish,
hath neither maintainance nor Minister, ye said Hamlett of
Aughton being scituate att one end & Halton Church att
ye other end of ye parish, ffour miles distant. If ye Church
were removed to some convenient place or neare ye middle
of ye Parish, or ye said Inhabitants of Aughton annexed to
Gressingham, it would supplye ye whole (much better1).
AND ye said Jurors say upon their Oathes That ye parish
of Hysham [Heysham], within ye said Hundred of Loyns- am]
dale & County of Lancaster, is a Parsonadge psentative by
Mf George Parkinson of ffairenapp ; That ye said parish
containes (but one1) Townshipp, namely Hysham [Heysham],
where ye Parish Church is seated ; That ther are Tythes of
Corne & graine belonging to ye said (parsonage throughout
the1) whole Parish ; That there is wooll, lamb, pigg, goose,
hay, hemp, flax, and small Tythes, and also Tythes of fish
paid through ye whole Parish ; That the proffitts issueing
out of ye said Rectory are worth about a hundred pounds
p anii to ye Parson for ye Tyme being, Mr William Ward,
Maister of Artes.
AND further yc said Jurors say That yc Inhabitants of (F«l*
ffuhvood2, in ye Parish of Lane, being distant from their w'
1 Lambeth MS.
- Fulwood is a township in the parish of Lancaster, but is in the
Hundred of Amounderness,
132 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
said parish as aforesaid Sixteene myles, pray That they may
be annexed to ye Parish Church of Amoundernes,2 from
which they are distant but a mile or thereabouts ; And That
ye Inhabitants of Myerscough, likewise within ye said parish
of Lancaster, being Thirteene miles from their parish Church,
pray That such of them as li(ve in the places called Midgall
and Badsbury1), lying without ye Pale (= hedg1), may bee
annexed to Wood Plumpton, And That ye rest of Myers-
cough within ye pale may be annexed to Garstang ; And
That ye said Inhabitants within ye said Chappellry of
(Stallmin) [Stalmine], being ffive hundred seaventy nyne
Cofhunicantes, likewise within ye said Parish of Lane, being
Seaventeene miles from their parish Church, humbly pray
they may bee made a parish of themselvs and have a settled
maintainance and Ministery there, being soe Surrounded
with Sea & Moss that they cannot without great danger
travell to any other Church or Chappell. In wittnesse
whereof, as well ye said Commissioners as ye said Jurors,
have hereunto sett their hands & Scales ye day & year first
above written.
THO. WESTMORE (L.S.) GEYLES HEYSHAM (L.S.)
EDMUND BERWICKE (L.S.) ROBTE CAYTON (L.S.)
THO. LAWSON (L.S.) ROBTE DICKENSON (L.S.)
EDMUND HOUSEMAN (L.S.) THO. HYND (L.S.)
WILLM THORNTON (L.S.) RICHARD HEWETSON (L.S.)
HENRY HOLME (L.S.) ROBTE TROUGHTON (L.S.)
JOHN WILKINSON (L.S.)
JOHN SAUREY (L.S.) JEREHJAH ASPINWALL (L.S.)
GEO. PIGOT (L.S.) THO. WHITTINGHAM (L.S.3)
W. WEST (L.S.)
[LONSDALE NORTH OF THE SANDS.]
Inquisicon indented taken at Lancaster ye Nineteenth day
of June, in ye yeare of our Lord God One thousand six
hundred and ffifty, before RicJicu'd Shuttlcwort/i, John Starkie,
1 Lambeth MS, - The church of Preston.
3 The seals are all plain.
PENNINGTON AND ALDINGHAM PARISHES. 133
TJwmas Whittingham, John Sawrey, Jereiah Aspinwall,
George Touluson, William West, George Pigot, Esqres, by
virtue of a Comission vnder ye great Scale of England to
them and others directed, bearing date ye Twenty ninth day
of March, for Inquyringe ye number, reall yearely value, and
scituacon of Churches and Chappells within ye said County,
and how yc same are pvided of maintaynce and preachinge
Ministers by ye Oathes of good and lawfull men of ye
Liberties of ffournace [Furness], within ye Hundred of
Lonsdale, in ye said County, viz\ Robert Ellenson, gen ;
Robert Rawlinson, gen ; William BraitJiwaite, gen ; Francis
Cliampney, gen ; Robert Gardner, gen ; Richard Ashburner,
gen ; James Stainton, gen ; Richard ffell, gen ; John Parker,
gen ; John Jackson, gen ; Thomas Postletliwaite, gen ; Robert
Gardner, gen ; Thomas Jackson, gen ; William Inman, gen ;
CJiristopher Dobson, gen ; Who say Upon their Oathes That
ye Parish Church of Pennington, within ye said Liberties of (Penning-
ffournace [Furness] and County of Lancaster, is a Vicarage ton> '
psentative by ye Parishioners, who have purchased ye Entire
Rectory, and all ye Tythes thereto belonging in ffee farme.
And ye said Jurors say That ye said Parish containeth but
one Towneshipp, namely Pennington, where ye Parish Church
is seated, And That ye Minister Received some small Tythes,
viz* Wooll in kinde, for every Lamb One shilling Two
pence, pigg & goose in kinde ; And they say further, That
ye pffittes of ye said Tythes amount to ye some of Twelue
pounds or thereabouts, And that ye Minister hath no other
Maintainance but onely what he hath as from ye benevo-
lence of the people ; And ffurther, That ye Viccar officiating
ye Cure of ye said Parish Church is for ye Tyme being
Mf John Crooke, having no mayntennce but onely as afore-
said ; And ye humble desire of ye Inhabitants is That they
might have a competent Maintainance allowed and settled
vpon their said Church.
AND y6 said Jurors further say vpon their Oathes, _That (Alding-
ye Parish Church of Aldingham, within ye said Liberties ofhara''
ffournace [Furness] and County of Lancaster, is a parsonadge
1 Lambeth MS.
134 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
psentative from ye Duchy, being an entire Rectory with Cure
of Soules, Saving That Mr ffleining of Ridall hath about
fforty shillings p anfi in Tythes of Corne impropriate vnto
him. And ye said Jurors say That ye said Parish of Alding-
ham doth containe within it ye severall Townshipps, Ham-
letts, or Villages of ye severall distances from ye Parish
Church as hereafter followethe ; viz* Aldingham, where yc
Parish Church is seated, Dend(arum1) [Dendron], distant as
aforesaid Three myles & a halfe, Gleaston Two miles and
a halfe, Rowsbecke [Roosebeck] Three miles and a half,
Nubiggin [Newbiggin] Two miles and a halfe, Scalle [Scales]
One mile and a halfe, Sunbrecke [Sunbrick] Two mile
and a halfe, Colt Parke and ye Moate One mile, Windell
[Windhill] half a mile. And ye said Jurors say That there
is belonging to ye said Church a Parsonage howse and
about Two acres and a half of land, as also Tythes of
Corne and graine in Leece, Dendarum [Dendron], Gleaston,
Nubiggin [Newbiggin], Scalle, Beckliff [Baycliff], Sunbreck,
Colt Parke, and ye Mote and Windle ; And that there is all
Wooll, Lamb, pig, goose, hay, hempe, fflax, and small Tythes,
in ye Townes next before recited, and likewise some pre-
scripcon or composicon Rent worth p ann ffifty Two shillings,
ye same beinge paid by Mr John Prestons Estate as a pre-
scription for his Demesne of Gleaston. And ye said Jurors
say That ye cleare pfittes arising & issueing out of and
belonging to the said Parsonage are about One hundred and
fforty pounds p ann, And that ye said parish of Aldingham
hath within ye pcinct thereof onely one Chappell, viz1 Den-
[Den- darum [Dendron], distant from ye said pish Church aboute
dron.j Three miles and a half; That the Minister officiating ye Cure
of yc said Church for ye psent is Mr TJiomas S/iaw, Maister
of Arts, a painfull Minister and of a good conversacon. And
the said Jurors say further, That ye Chappell belonging to
ye said pish Church of Aldingham is pvided of Maintenance
and Minister as hereafter followes ; viz, Dendarum [Dendron]
Chappell, builded about seaven yeares since by M'r Dicconson,
Citizen of London, decd, borne within a mile of ye place
where ye Chappell is erected, builded, and ffinished. The
1 Lambeth MS.
KIRKBY IRELETH PARISH. 135
maintainance is supposed to bee worth about sixteene pounds
p arm by ye Interest of Two hundred pounds intended by
ye said Benefactour to bee given towards ye maintainance of
a Minister. And That ye humble desire of ye Inhabitants
is ye said Chappell of Dendarum [Dendron] may bee made a
Parish, being distant as aforesaid from their Parish Church
Three miles and a half, consisting of Sixty seaven ffamilies,
all within a myle of this Chappell within Leece aforesaid ;
And That ye said Two hundred pounds may be Ordered to
be paid unto them for ye vse aforesaid, And That ye same
may bee made vpp to a Competency of maintenance for a
godly Minister.
AND ye said Jurors further say vpon their Oathes, That [Kirkby
ye Parish Church of Kirkby Irleth [Ireleth] (ye longitude of1'
ye said Parish being Tenn miles and latitude Two miles, and
ye Church seated within a mile and a halfe of ye East end
of ye said pish) is a Viccarage psentative by ye Deane and
Chapter of Yorke, The Rectory or Tythes of Corne, Wooll,
lamb, and calf being impropriate to ye said Deane and
Chapter, and by them farmed to Antlwny (Laitiis1}, Esqret
And That ye same impropriacon is about worth Sixty
pounds, out of which is yearly paid to ye poore Thirteene
shillings ffoure pence; as alsoe That ye said parish of Kirkby
Irleth containeth severall Townshipps hereafter expressed,
being distant from their parish Church as followeth; viz*,
Kirkby Irleth, being ye place where ye Church is seated,
(Broughton1), distant as aforesaid foure myles, (Seathett
[Seathwaite] eight miles, Dunderdale [Dunnerdale] sixe
miles, and Woodlande foure miles1). And the said Jurors
say That there belongeth to ye said Vicaradge a Vicaradge
house and about Two acres of Gleabland, And that there
is onely a little Tyth hay, hemp, flax, pigg, goose, and
(Bees1), which are worth about Twelve pounds p Ann, And
whereof ye Vicar takes ye Church-yuard as pt of payment,
ye same [being worth about2] (in1) thirtye shillings per anii.
And the said Jurors say that ye said parish of Kirkby Irleth
1 Lambeth MS.
8 These words are omitted in the Lambeth MS.
136 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
hath within it ye severall Chappells hereafter menconed, being
distant from the parish Church, viz1 Broughton, which is
parochiall, distant as aforesaid foure miles, Woodland ffoure
myles and Seathet [Seathwaite] Eight myles ; That there
is (noe Minister or1) Incumbent at ye parish Church, but ye
place void by death of Mr Askew, late Vicar. And the said
Jurors further say, That ye severall Chappells scituate within
ye said parish of Kirkby Irleth are pvided of Maintainance
and Ministers as hereafter followeth ; viz* ye Chappell of
[Brough- Broughton hath Ten pounds p anfi in small Tythes, as also
Forty pounds p anfi Augmentacon by Order from ye Comittee
of Lancashire forthe of ye Rentes of ye Earle of (Derby in
ffurnes1); The Minister, MT Thomas Rigby, Maister of Arts,
[Wood- Officiating there for ye Tyme being. The Chappell of Wood-
land hath no Maintainance, but onely what ye people there
inhabiting please to contribute to a Reader. And ye Chappell
[Seath- of Seathet [Seathwaite] hath ye like. The parishioners hum-
waitej biy pray That a competent Maintainance may be allowed
and godly Maisters pvided for ye said Church and Chappells.
(Daulton1) AND ye Jurors say further, upon their Oathes, That ye
in-Fur" Parish Church of D(aulton1) [Dalton], within ye said Liberties
ness]. of ffournace [Furness] & County of Lane (whose Longitude
is about Twelve myles and Latitude ffoure myles, ye Church
seated almost in ye Middle) is a Vicarage psentative by the
Chancellour of ye Duchy, The whole Parish being impropriate
to ye heires of Sr John Preston, decd, a papist delinquent, &
ye entire pfitts received by those that have ye benefitt of his
estate by Assignment of ye Parliament ; And that yc said
Parish of Daulton [Dalton] doth containe ye severall Towne-
shipps, Hamletts, or Villages, of ye seuerall distances from
ye said Parish Church pticularly sett down ; viz* Daulton
[Dalton], where ye Parish Church is seated ; Irleth [Ireleth],
distant as aforesaid Three miles, Hacoat [Hawcoat] Two
miles and a halfe, Ramside [Rampside] four miles, Rouscoate
[Rossecote] three miles, Pease Holmes [Peasholmes] and
New Towne foure miles, Stanke [Stank] two miles, Newton
One mile, Southend Nyne miles and halfe, Bigger [Biggar)
1 Lambeth MS.
DALTON PARISH. 137
Seaven myles and a half, Northscall [North Scale] ffoure
ffoure miles, Northend Three and a half, Cockan [Cocken]
Two and a half, Olderbarrow [Old Barrow] ffoure miles,
Newbarrow three miles, Newbarnes Two & a half, Salt
Hilhouse Three, Lindell [Lindale] One, Martin Two ;
And the said Jurors say That there belongeth to the said
Vicaradg a little Vicaradg house & about a quarter of a
Rood of land ; And ye said Vicar hath no tythes of Corne
& graine belonging to his said Vicaradge. (And they alsoe
say that the sayd viccar was in tyme past wont to receive1)
Seaventeene pounds six shillings eight pence paid by ye
Receivour of ye Duchy Revenue, but hath not been paid for
about seaven years last past, And That ye said Viccar receives
not anything (else1) but ye benevolence of ye people there
residing ; And that there are within and pt of said Parish
these Chappells hereafter rented, distant from their parish
Church, vis* ye Chappell of Wana [Walney], seated in ye [Walney.]
Island of Wana [Walney], ye Longitude whereof is about
seaven miles, in which Chappellry are resident about Sixty
ffamilies, And That ye most pt of ye said Island is distant as
afforesaid from ye said Parish Church seaven miles, and also
surrounded by ye (floweinge1) Sea Twice in every Twenty
ffoure howers ; Ramside [Rampside], also distant as aforesaid
ffive miles ; Irleth Two miles. And ye said Jurors likewise
say That ye Viccar Officiating at ye said Church of (Daulton
for the tyme beinge1) is Mr Richard Tomblinson, And like-
wise That ye severall Chappells hereafter recited are pvided
of Maintainance as herein is described ; viz. yc Chappell of
Wana [Walney] hath Six shillings & Six pence a yeare
and not any more, but what ye Inhabitants pay as a Contri-
bucon to a Reader. The said Inhabitants humbly pray their
said Chappell of Wana [Walney] may bee made a pochiall,
and That a setled Maintainance may be pvided for them,
And That the said Chappell of Ramside [Rampside] hath [Ramp-
no maintainance nor Minister, but that ye Inhabitants hum- Slde<l
bly pray to be made pochiall ; As allso they pray That
R^uscoate1), Newtown, Peaseholmes, and Salthouse, being
Thirty one families, may bee annexed to their said Chappell
1 Lambeth MS.
138 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
of Ramside, And competent maintainance and Ministery
there settled. And ye said Jurors say That ye Chappell of
[Ireleth.] Irleth [Ireleth] is not farr distant from its pish Church, but
neare enough thereto, and was onely (built for a scoole1),
and some for their (perticuler1) ease would have yc same
made a Chappell.
(Urs- AND ye said Jurors do (affirme1) uppon Oath, That ye
[Unsvvick] Pa"sh Church of Vrswicke [Urswick], (which said parish
extends ittself in Longitude foure miles and a half, & in
latitude three myles, ye Church being seated in ye middle of
ye Parish) is a Viccaradge psentative from yc Duchy of Lan-
caster, And That ye Tithes of Corne and graine are impro-
priate to Mf ffleming of Rydall, Mr Anderton of Bardsley
[Bardsea], a papist delinquent, and to ye parishioners worth
in all Sixty pounds p anfi to yc impropriator(s1) ; And say
further, That ye said parish containe(s1) within it ye severall
Townshipps hereafter expressed, distant from their Parish
Church as followes ; viz4 Urswicke, where ye Church is seated ;
Stainton, distant as aforesaid Two miles and a half, Bardsley
[Bardsea] Two miles, Adgarley One mile and a half,
Little Vrswicke half a mile ; And that there is likewise
belonging to ye said Viccarage a Viccarage house in decay
and about Two acres of Gleab land. And ye said Jurors say
likewise, That there belongeth to ye said Viccaradge Wooll,
Lambe, Pigg, goose, hay, hemp, flaxe, and small tythes
through ye whole pishe, And that ye value of ye pfittes
issueing out of ye said Viccaridge and belonging to ye Viccar
amounts to ye some of Twenty pounds p anfi ; And They
doe say further, That ye Viccar Officiating ye Cure of ye
Church is MT Nicliolas Marshall, both Viccar of ye Church
and M(a1)ister of a ffree School, but that he is scandelous
in life & negligent in both his callings.
(Hawks- AND ye said Jurors say further (say upon theire oathes1)
That ye Parish Church of Hawkshead, within ye said Liber-
ties of ffournace (which (pish1) extends ittself in length
Twelve myles and (in breadth1) six miles, ye Church being
Lambeth MS.
HAWKSHEAD PARISH. 139
seated within Three miles of ye north end of ye said pishe),
hath neither viccarradge nor Parsonage, onely (some tythes1)
of W(ooll and1) lamb, and other small Tythes within
Hawkeshead (Bali^wicke, ye value of ye said Tythes not
being knowne, paid to Richard Kirk(by^} of (Kirkby1), Esqr,
as impropriate to him and his heires, as also some pscripcon
rent for Corne ; And the said Jurors likewise say, That ye said
parish doth containe within it ye seuall Towneshipps, Hamletts,
or Villages, of ye several distances hereafter recited from their
said Parish Church ; viz1, Hawkshead, where ye parish Church
is seated, Conniston [Coniston] distant as aforesaid Two miles
and a half, Shellwith [Skelwith] Three miles, Brathaw [Brat-
hay] Three miles, Tarnehole-hill Three miles, ffeildhead One
mile, Hawkshead ffeild half a mile, Tockhole One mile and
a half, High(wres1) [High Wray] two miles, Coulthouse half a
mile, Sawrey Extra Three miles, Sawrey infra Three miles,
Dalepke Three miles, Graithwaite ffoure miles, Saturthwaite
[Satterthwaite] ffoure miles, Graisdale [Grizedale] Three
miles, (Risland1) [Rusland] ffive miles from ye pish Church
of Hawkshead and Three miles and a half from ye Parochiall
Chappell of Coulton ; Finstate, distant as aforesaid from ye
Church Sixteene miles, from ye Parochiall Chappell ffoure
miles ; Nibthwaite, a mile and a half from S^awley1) [Stave-
ley] Chappell (in1) Cartmell, (two myles1) and a half from ye
pochiall Chappell, and Six miles and a half from ye Church.
And ye said Jurors likewise say, That ye pfitts issuing out of
ye said parish of Hawkshead and belonging to ye Minister
are nothing worth, but onely what ye people please to con-
tribute (save1) Twenty pounds p anfi which is given and
paid to ye Minister by Mr Walker, ye Minister of John ye
Evangelist in Watling Street in London, Of which Twenty
pounds ye Parishioners have not any assurance nor know
whether their said Benefactour will settle ye same vpon ye
said Church. And the said Jurors doe likewise say That
ye said pish doth containe within it ye seuall Chappells here-
after expressed, distant from their said Parish Church, viz*,
Coulton3 [Colton] Chappell, which is pochiall, distant as afore- [Colton.]
said Nyne myles, and Saturthwaite [Satterthwaite] ffoure
1 Lambeth MS.
2 Colton Chapel was made a parish in 1676.
140 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
myles and a half, ye Minister whereof for ye time being is
MT William Kempe; And ye said Jurors likewise say, That
ye severall Chappells belonging to & contained within ye said
pish are pvided of Maintainance & Ministers as hereafter is
expressed ; viz., Coulton [Colton] Chappell hath no main-
tainance nor Minister, but onely what yc Inhabitants please to
contribute, amountinge to ye sum of Thirteene pounds six
shillings ffoure pence ; ye Minister Officiating there for ye
Tyme being is Mr W(av)llan. That ye Chappell of Satur-
thwaite [Satterthwaite] hath no maintainance but what ye
Inhabitants please to give, which amounts to ye sum of
Seaven pounds ; ye Minister, M1' Robert Johnson, a painfull
man in his Ministry. The Parishioners humbly desire That
to ye Parish Church of Hawkshead and parochiall Chappell
of Coulton [Colton] competent means may be allowed, and
That Saturthwaite [Satterthwaite] Chappell may be made
a pish Church, and that Graisdale [Grizedale], Parkey moore
[Parkamoor], Dalepke, Graithwaite, and Risland [Rusland],
consisting of a hundred ffamilies, or thereabouts, and ffoure
miles from their pish Church, may bee added thereunto.
AND ye said Jurors doe say vpon their Oaths, That ye
(parishe1) Church of (Ulverston1) within ye Liberties of
ffournace [Furness] and County of Lancaster, is neither
Parsonage nor Vicaradge, The whole being impropriate to
Mr ffleming of Rydall and M'f Ambrose of Lowicke [Lowick].
And That yc said parish doth containe within it ye severall
Townshipps, Hamletts, or (Villages1) of ye several distances
from the said parish Church hereafter expressed ; viz*,
Vlverston, where ye Parish Church is seated, Mansrigg, dis-
tant as aforesaid One mile, Osmonderley [Osmotherley] One
mile and a half, Egton Three miles, Newland Three miles,
(Lowicke1) [Lowick] ffive miles and a half, (Blawith seaven1)
miles, Torver Eleaven miles, (Coniston1) Thirteene miles and
a half. And ye said Jurors say That ye pfitts issuing out of
ye said parish and belonging to ye Minister serving ye Cure
there are nothing worth, onely Eight pounds p ann paid by
ye Impropriators to ye Minister for ye Time being ; And ye
1 Lambeth MS.
ULVERSTON PARISH. 141
said Impropriators doth allow to ye said Minister Weddings,
Burialls, Christenings, Churchings, and ye Churchyuarde in
lieu of fforty shillings, And which is in all Tenn pounds,
being all that is allowed by ye said Impropriators ; And
likewise That ye said parish of Vlverston hath within it ye
severall Chappells hereafter recited, distant from theire said
Parish Church, (viz11), Cuniston [Coniston] distant as afore-
said Thirteene miles & a half, which is Parochiall, Torver
Eleaven miles, parochiall, Blawith Seaven miles, Low(icke1)
ffive and a half. And ye said Jurors do also affirme That
ye severall Chappells hereafter recited are pvided of main-
tainance & Minister as hereafter (is1) pticularly sett (downe1),
viz*, C(uniston1) [Coniston] no maintenance but what ye [Conis-
Inhabitants raise of themselves for ye salary of Sr Richard ion^
Roule, their Reader ; The Chappell of Torver hath no main-
tainance but what ye Inhabitants of ye said Chappelry raise
of themselves for ye salary of Sf Roger Atkinson, their
Reader; That ye Chappell of (Blawith1) hath no Mainetain-
ance onely ye Inhabitants allow ffive pounds p anfi of them-
selves to John Gibson, their Reader ; That the Chappell of
Low(icke1) hath likewise noe mainetainance, onely yc [Lowick.]
Inhabitants allow ffive pounds p ann of themselves to
Sr John Pennington, their preaching Minister. The Parish-
ioners humbly pray That a settled Maintainance and Minister
may be allowed and established on their said parish Church,
And That ye said Parochiall Chappells of Cuniston [Coniston]
and (Torver1) may bee made Parishes, And that Blawith
and Lowicke may be vnited & made a parish, and a Church
built att their owne chardges, in an indifferent place.
AND ye said Jurors doe say vpon their Oathcs That ye (Cart-
Parish Church of Cartmell, within ye said Liberties of
ffournace [Furness] and County of Lancaster, is a Rectory
wholly impropriate to ye sea of Chester, worth in all Three
hundred ffifty pounds p ann, and Leased by ye late Bishop
of Chester to Mf Preston of Holker for a Tearme yett in
being; And that ye said Parish doth containe within it yc
severall Townshipps, Hamletts, or Villages of their severall
1 Lambeth MS.
142 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
distances from their pish Church, hereafter expressed ; viz1,
Broughton, distant as aforesaid One mile, Cartmell ffell six
miles and a half, Staveley ffive miles, Holker Two miles,
Walton One mile, Allethwaite [Allithwaite] Two miles,
Lindell [Lindale] ffoure miles and a half; And ye said Jurors
say further, That ye Minister of ye said Parish Church of
Cartmell never had any maintainance att all, but onely what
ye Bishopps farmor would allow, vntil of late, and now there
is Eighty pounds p anfi reserved by Order of Goldsmiths
Hall vpon Mr Prestons Composicon for maintainance of a
Minister ; As also That ye said parish of Cartmell doth con-
taine within it yc severall Chappells hereafter recited, of ye
distances from from ye said Parish Church as ffolloweth ; viz1,
Cartmell ffell six miles and a half, Stavdley [Staveley] ffive
miles, Lindell [Lindale] ffoure miles, fflook borrow [Flook-
burg] in Holker Three miles ; And that the psent Incumbent
att ye said Church of Cartmell is one MT Phillip Bennett, Mr
of Arts, a godly zealous Minister, alwaies faithfull to ye
Parliament. And ye said Jurors say likewise, That ye
severall Chappells contained within ye said Parish of Cart-
mell are pvided of Maintainance & Ministers as hereafter is
[Cartmel expressed; viz1, ye Chappell of Cartmell fell hath allowed
Fell.] fforty pounds p ami by Order of Goldsmiths Hall vpon Mf
Prestons Composicon, ye Minister, Mr John Brooke, an old
Malignant not reconciled ; That ye Chappell of Stavley
[Staveley.] [Staveley] hath (ffifty1) pounds p anfi by Order of ye Comittee
of plundered Ministers, forth of ye Rent Reserved to ye
Bishopp of Chestr from MT Preston for ye said Rectory of
Cartmell, The Minister, MT Gabriell Camelford, a godly and
painful man in his calling, which maintainance being incer-
taine, It is Humbly desired by ye Inhabitants That ye same
may bee Settled or some Competency afforded. That like-
[Lindale.] wise ye Chappell of Lindell [Lindale] hath neither Minister
nor Maintainance though ye same bee a place of great neces-
sity for both, And ye Inhabitants humbly pray that Main-
tainance & Minister may bee settled, being in all One
hundred & Twenty ffamilies. And further ye said Jurors say
bu!°hki That ye Chappell of fflockburrow [Flookburg] hath neither
1 Lambeth MS.
CARTMEL PARISH. 143
Minister nor Maintainance, there being One hundred twenty
eight ffamilies who humbly pray That it may be made a
parish, and a Competent Maintainance and godly Minister
there settled. And ye Inhabitants of ye said Chappellries
humbly pray That Cartmell ffell may be made a Parish
Church and a competent Maintainance may be allowed, &
that ye said Chapelry of Staveley may bee annexed thereto,
In wittness whereof as (well1) ye said Cornissioners as ye said
Jurors have hereunto sett their hands & scales ye day &
year first above written.
ALLENSON2 (L.S.) FRANCIS CHAMPNEY (L.S.)
ROBTE RAWLINSON (L.S.) ROBTE GARDNER (L.S.)
WlLLM BRITHWAITE3 (L.S.) RlCH. ASHBURNER (L.S.)
JAMES (STAIN l) TON (L.S.) JOHN QACK^SON (L.S.)
RICHARD FFELL (L.S.) THO. POSTLETHWAITE (L.S.)
JOHN PARKER (L.S.) ROBTE GARDNER (L.S.)
THO. GASOKALL1)4 (L.S.) WM INMAN (L.S.)
CHROFER DOBSON (L.S.)
JOHN SAWREY (L.S.)
JEREHJAH ASPINWALL (L.S.)
GEORGE PIGOT (L.S.)
THO. WHITTINGHAM (L.S.)
W. WEST (L.S.)5
Lambeth MS. 2 Robert Ellenson given on page 133.
3 William Braithwaite on page 133.
4 In the preamble Thomas Jackson is the name (see page 133).
Seals plain.
144 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
[HUNDRED OF AMOUNDERNESS.]
AN Inquisicon Indented taken at Preston in Armoun-
dernes, in the County of Lancaster, the one and twentieth
day of June, Anno Domini 1650, Before Richard SJiuttle-
dernessj" ™orth, John Starkie, Thomas Wliittingham, George Toulieson,
in Com. John Saivrey, Jei yah A spin ivall, and George Pigot, Esqres, by
vtue of a Comission vndr the greate Scale of England Dated
the twenty ninth day of March, 1650, to them and others
directed for the enquiringe of all spuall & Ecclesiasticall
livinges and benefices within the said County, By the Oathes
of Tliomas Nickson of Wood Plumpton, RapJie Bankes of
Preston, Edward Taylor of Preston, TJiomas Wood of
Plumpton, Henry Beesley of Broughton, John Swanne of
Sowerby, Robcrte Moone of Wood Plumpton, John Moone
of Wood Plumpton, Thomas GoodsJiawe, Sen1, of Broughton,
Richard Huson of Ribleton, William Bonlton of Ribleton,
Roger Harison of Brougton, John Woode of Wood Plumpton,
Thomas Goodshaive, Junr, of Broughton, and Alex* Moone of
Ashton, Good & lawfull men of the Hundred of Amoun-
dernes, wlhin the said County, upon their Oathes say :
[Preston.] THAT the parish of Preston in the said Hundred doth
contayne wthin itselfe the Viccaradge of Preston, beinge a
Viccaridge presentative by Sr Richard HogJiton, Baronett,
Patron & Impropriator of the tithes of the whole parish
(excepting the tithes of Barton & Elston) ; And the tiths of
Corne, Graine, and hay wthin the townp3 of Preston, Lea,
Ashton, Ingoll, Cottam, Grimsargh in the said Parish, are
now in the possession of the said Sr Richard HogJiton, or
his Assignes, and are worth p anfi — viz* Preston, Ninety
pounds p anum ; Lea, one and twentie pounds ; Ashton,
two and twentie pounds ; Ingoll, thirteene pounds three shil-
linges two pence ; Cottam, sixteene pounds three shillings ;
Grimsargh, thirteene pounds six shillings eight pence ; —
Amountinge in the whole to one hundred seaventie six
pounds twelve shillings ten pence p annu ; That the Tythes of
Brockhall [Brockholes], ffishwicke [Fishwick], & Broughton,
in the said Parish are Impropriate to Sr Richard Hoghton,
But in Lease to Sr Edward WrigJitingtcn, and are worth
PRESTON PARISH. 145
p annu seaventie one pounds three shillings ffoure pence
ultra Repris, viz1, Broughton, thirtie foure pounds ; ffishwicke,
twentie seaven pounds three shillings four pence ; and Brock-
hall, ten pounds ; The tythes of Barton impropriate to Baron
Rigby worth p annu fourtie eight pound, But what charge
may lie upon it the Jurors know not ; And the tithes of
Aston [Ashton] impropriate to the heires of Roger CJiar-
nocke, Esq1', deceased, worth p annu fourteene pounds. And
the said Jurors say the Parish contayneth in it these townep8,
distant from theire parish Church as followeth, viz1 Ribbleton
[Ribbleton] one myle, after the rate of five yardes and a
halfe to the Pole and three hundred twentie poles to the
Myle ; ffishwicke one myle, Grimsargh three myles, Brock-
hall [Brockholes] two myles, Elston foure myles, Lea
Three myles, Ashton Two myles, Ingoll a Mile and a
halfe, Cottam three Myles, Broughton four myles, Haigh-
ton four myles, and Barton seaven Myles. That there is
belonging to the Viccaridge one Cottage and Barne, and one
acre and a halfe of Gleab land, in Preston, worth p Annum
fourtie three shillings foure pence, and that the tythes of
Corne and Graine in Ribleton, worth p annum ten pounds,
doe belong to the Viccar of Preston, and likewise of small
tithes of the whole parish exceptinge Tyth Calves within the
demesne of Barton, for which the lordes of Barton pay to
the Viccar of Preston two shillinges p Annum by ^scripcon,
& for the tithe of the Mylne at Barton and other the tithes
of his demesne, and for the small tythes of the whole
townp, as ffor Pigg & Goose, & Hempe & flax, and other
small tithes within the demesne of Barton, six shillings
eight pence p annu, being a rent due by pscripcon ; Richard
ffarrington of Ribleton, gentleman, for his tithe hay and all
other his small tithes in Ribleton, six shillings eight pence
p annu ; and John Sherborne of Ribleton, gent1, for the like
foure shillings p annu ; And the other Inftitants of Ribleton
pay to the said Viccar of Preston seaventeene pence per
annu for the tyth hay of the whole townp ; Robert Elston,
gent1, for his small tythes in Brockhall, six shillings eight
pence p annu ; And ffrancis Bindlose, Esqr, for his small
tythes in Lower Brockehall, foure shillinges p annu ; all
which rents are due by pscripcon to the Viccar of Preston,
L
146
LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
Mf Isaacke Ambrose, a painefull minister, is Viccar at Preston,
And receives for his Sallarie the profits of the whole viccar-
idge, which about thirtie yeares since was worth a hundred
Marks p Annii, But in these distractted troublesome tymes
the same is not soe much worth ; Besides there is fiftie
pounds p annu Augmentacon by order from the Comittee of
Plundred Ministers; And the said Mf Ambrose hath had
allowed him fiftie pounds p annu, forth of the Revenue of
the Dutchie, as one of the foure Itinerant Ministers wthin the
County. And the said Jurors further say that there are two
[Brough- Chappells within the said parish, viz* Broughton, four Myles
distant from the Parish Church, being a Parochiall Chappell,
to wcU is onely allowed fourtie pounds p annu by order from
the Comittee for plundred Ministers, paid to Mr James
Knott^ now Minister there, the Inhitants of Haighton, livinge
within a Myle of Broughton Church and foure Myles from
theire parish Church of Preston, together wtu the Inhitants
of Broughton aforesaid, consistinge of three hundred families
at the least, Humbly desire that they may be made a Parish,
And that competent mayntennce may be allowed to the
ministr there. And that the Chappell of Sl Lawrence within
[Barton.] Barton, seaven Myles from Preston, and hath neither Ministr
nor maintennce, the townp large and consistinge of a great
number of families, the Inhitants humbly desire it may bee
made a Parochial Chappell to Broughton and a minister and
competent maintennce may bee allowed. The Infcitants of
[Cottam.] Cottam, distant from Preston three Myles and but a Myle
from the parochial Chappell of Wood plumpton, consistinge
of about ten families, humbly desire they may bee annexed
to Woodplumpton, & it may bee made a parish. The Infti-
[Lea.] tants of Lea, distant from Preston three Myles and but a
Myle from Lund Chappell, yet desire they may be continued
[Elsion.] to their Parish Church of Preston. And the Inhitants of Elston,
distant foure myles from theire Parish Church of Preston, yet
they likewise humbly desire to bee continued to it.
AND the said Jurors further say That the said Parish of
Michaels within the said Hundred doth likewise conteyne
in it One Viccaridge psentative, the Church called Michaells
[St. Michael Le Wyre] beinge scituate in Tarniker [Tarnacre],
and y1 Alexand* Johnson, Esqr, is Patron and Impropriato1 of
ST. MICHAEL LE WYRE PARISH. 147
all the tithes of Corne and graine wthin ye said Parish
(exceptinge part of the tithes of Tarniker Impropriate to
Roberte Whyte, gent", now vnder Sequestracon for his delin-
quency, and worth p annu ten pounds), and exceptinge the
tythes of the demesne of Inskipp [Inskip], for the one
Moyetie whereof the Earle of Devonshire payeth to ye said
Mr Johnson ten shillings p annu ; And Nicholas Shuttleworth,
Esq1', payeth likewise to the said MT Johnson for the other
moyetie ten shillings p annu, being a rent due by pscripcon,
and five pounds six shillings and eight pence paid for the
tithes in Out Rawcliffe by jpscripcon ; the residue of the tithes
of the whole Rectory beinge worth p annu to Mr Johnson, the
Impropriator, two hundred fortie five pounds sixteene shillings
p annu, viz* pte of Tarnikar [Tarnacre] eight pounds, Wood
Plumpton one hundred seaventie pounds, Eccleston Magna
thirtie pounds, Inskipp cum Sowerbie Sixteene pounds
foure shillings p annu ; And that the parish conteynes these
Townp8, viz1 Up Rawcliffe cum Tarniker, wherein the parish
is scituate ; Eccleston Magna, two myles distant from theire
parish Church ; Inskipp cum Sowerbie [Sowerby] , three
Myles and a halfe ; Woodplumpton, four myles ; Out Raw-
cliffe, foure Myles ; and Elswick, foure myles. And that
there is belonging to the Viccaridge one Viccaridge house
and ten acres of Gleab land in Tarniker worth p Annu to
the Viccar there five pounds. And likewise all the small
tithes in the whole parish (out of which the Minister at
Michaells hath formerly paid to the Minister at the parochiall
Chappell of Wood Plumpton foure pounds p annu ; the Earle
of Devonshire paying to the Minister at Michaells twoe shil-
lings p annu for a water corne mylne and two shillings for
small tythes, and ten pence for tyth hay by pscripcon ; and
ten pence likewise paid by Nicholas Shuttleworth, Esq1', for
tyth hay by pscripcon ; and fifteene shillings fourepence by
the Inhabitants of Elswicke for hay, hemp, and flax ; and by
the Inhabitants of Sowerby one peny the Acre for theire
Tyth hay, amountinge to about six shilings eight pence
p ann by pscripcon). The present Incumbent and Minister at
Michaells is M* Nicholas Bray, the whole Viccaridg being
formerly worth to him fiftie pounds p anri. And the said
Jurors say there is within the said parish the parochial Chap-
L 2
148 . LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
[Wood pell of Wood Plumpton, the Chappelry extending in Length
three Myles and in Breadth two myles and a halfe, and
consistinge of two hundred twentie families, there beinge
onely an allowance of fifty pounds p anfi to a Minister by
Order from the Comittie for plundered Ministers ; the
Inhabitants humbly desire it may be made a pish, and that
Competent Mayntennce may bee allowed to the Minister
[Inskip there; likewise the Inhabitants of Inskipp cum Sowerby,
Sowerby.l being three myles and a halfe distant from their parish
Church, and consisting of sixtie families, are often debarred
from Church by water and moist ground, and having formerly
had a Chappell within theire townp, they desire they may
have a Church Erected and may be made a parish, and
Competent maintennce allowed to the Minister. The
[Out Raw- Inhabitants of Out Rawcliffe, being foure Myles distant
from theire parish Church, and within a myle of Hamleton
Chappell, the ryver of Wyre running betweene them and the
parish Church, they, consisting of fortie families, desire to
bee annexed to Hamleton, and that it may be made a parish.
[Elswick.] And also the Inhabitants of Els wick, being five myles from
their parish Church, have lately, with the voluntary and free
assistance of some neighboring townes, erected a Chappell in
Elswick aforesaid, fiftie pounds p anfi, by order from the Com-
ittee ofplundred Ministers beinge allowed to such Minister as
the said Comittee shall approue of, none as yet being allowed;
the townp consistinge of fiftie families, they humbly desire it
may be made a parish, and that competent maintennce may
bee allowed to the Minister there. In witness whereof, as well
wee the said Comrs as the Jurors above named, have hereunto
put our handes and scales the day and year first above written.
THOMAS NICKSON (L.S.) RAPH BANCKS (L.S.)
EDW. TAYLOR (L.S.) THO. WOOD (L.S.)
HENRY BEESLEY (L.S.) JOHN SWAN (L.S.)
ROBT MOONE (L.S.) JOHN MOONE (L.S.)
THO. GOODSHAWE (L.S.) RICH. HUSON (L.S.)
WILLIAM BOULTON (L.S.) Roc* HARRISON (L.S.)
JOHN WOOD (L.S.) THOMAS GOODSHAWE, Jur (L.S.)
ALEXR MooNE1 (L.S.)
1 The signatures of the Commissioners were not added. The seals
are non-heraldic.
GARSTANG PARISH. 149
AN Inquisicon Indented taken at Preston in Amoundernes,
in ye County of Lancr, the twentie seacond day of June,
Anno Dni 1650, Before Richard Shnttleworth, John Starkie,
TJiomas WhittingJiam, George Tonluson, JoJm Saurey, JireJijaJi
Aspinwall, and George Pigot, Esqrc, by virtue of a Comission
vndr ye Create Scale of England, dated the nine and twentith
of March, 1650, To them and others directed, for ye In-
quiringe of ye ctaine numbr and true yearely valew of all
Parsonadges and Viccaridges psentative, and of all and every
the spuall and Ecclesiasticall Benefices, Livings, and Dona-
tives wthin the said County, by the oathes of George Htill,
John Cartniell, John Goose, Henry Silcocke, Stephen Bee, John
Higginson, Edivard Parr, Jo Jin Hull, John Hodgson, Richard
Kirkham, Thomas Clarkson, and Henry Wilkinson, good and
lawful men of the pishe of Garstange & Poulton, wthin the
said County, who vpon their Oathes p^sent and say : —
THAT the parish of Garstange within the Hundred of[Gar-
Amoundernes contayneth within it the parish Church of Gar-
stange, being a viccaridge psentative by (Chrofer Anderton*)
of Lostocke, Esqr, a papist Delinq* ; the tithes of the
whole parish (except the town? of Claughton) impropriate to
ST Rob1 Bindelose, Barronet, are worth p ann three hundred
and thirteene pounds, together wth the small tithes, & worth
p ann to the said Sr Robert Bindelose of thirtie pounds and
twelve pence p ann paid likewise vnto him by Richard SJmt-
tleworth, Esqre, for a water corne mylne in Bilsborrowe called
Pewle Milne, being a rent due by pscripcon. And the said
Jurors further say That the said parish conteyne theise towni'3,
which are distant from their parish Church as followeth, viz*
Garstange Market Towne two myles, Claugton [Claughton]
three myles, Pillin [Pilling] eight myles, Catterall two miles,
Bilsborrowe [Bilsborrow] three myles. There is belonging to
the Viccaridge of Garstange one Viccaridge house and (three1)
acres of Gleabe land in Garstang aforesaid, worth p ann three
pounds; there is likewise belonging to the said Viccaridge,
being part of the Gleab land, one tenem* called Stouthouse,
which hath beene set for seaventeene pounds p ann, and is now
worth Twentie Markes p ann, but deteyned from ye Minister by
1 Lambeth MS.
150 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
JoJm Greenwood of Lancr, upon ptence of a lease for a tearme
of yeares yet in beinge made by DoctoT Wildbore, a delin-
quent late Minister, to the use of Anne Roule (his kinswoman,
who is now wife of1) the said Joint Greenwood, (a yearely rent
of eighteene shillings being onely reserved out1) of the same
to the Minister at Garstange ; the tithes of corne and graine
& all the small tithes in Claughton doe belonge to the Viccar
of Garstange, are worth fortie five pounds p annu ; the pro-
fittes of the whole viccarige are worth to the Viccar of
Garstange threescore pounds p annu, MT Crofer Edmundson,
a diligent painful Minister, being Minister there. And the
said Jurors likewise say that there is within the said parish
two Chappells, viz* The Chappell of Garstange Market
Towne & Pillin [Pilling]. The Chappell at Garstange Mrket
being two Myles distant from the parish Church and in the
high roade betweene Preston & Lancr, the Hamlette of
B(arnicker, Wyersdale, Cabus, Winmerly1), and Natebie
[Nateby], being neere adiacent, consisting of Many hundred
families, desire to be annexed to the Market towne & to be
made a parish, and that a Minister may bee placed there &
Competent Maintefince allowed. And the Chappell of Pillin
[Pilling.] [Pilling], distant eight Myles, noe Minister there, But the
Cure supplied by M'f Lumley, who hath beene silenced for
seuerall misdemeanors, the Inhabitants being very many, hum-
bly desire they may be made a Parish, and that a Minister
& Competent maintennce may be allowed.
[Poulton- AND ye said Jurors further present and say That the
Fylde'l Parish of Poulton, likewise within the said Hundred of
Amoundernes, doth conteyne in it the parish Church of
Poulton, being a viccaridge ^sentative by Sr Panle ffleetivood,
Knight, being the Patron, the tithes of Poulton, Marton, and
parte of Bispham cum Norbrecke within the said Parish
being Impropriate to Barron Rigby and worth per Annum
fourscore and ten pounds ; The tithes of Hardhorne cum
Newton, Carleton, Thorneton, and parte of Bispham cum
Norbrecke Impropriate to Sr Thomas Tildesley, a delinquent,
and now vnder Sequestracon, worth p annum One hundred
1 Lambeth MS.
POULTON-IN-THE-FYLDE PARISH. 151
fourtie three pounds; the tithes of Laiton [Lay ton], likewise
within the said parish, Impropriate to Alexander Rigby, Esqr,
worth p anfi twentie pounds two shillings. And the said
Jurors further say, That the said Parish doth conteine the
townps followinge, being distant from their parish Church as
hereafter expressed — viz1 Poulton, where the parish Church is
scituate, Laton [Layton] distant foure myles, Warbrecke
foure myles, Bispham foure miles, Norbrecke foure myles,
Thornton two miles and a halfe, Carleton two Myles, Marton
five Myles, and Hardhorne cum Newton two Myles and a
halfe ; And that there is belonging to the Viccar of Poulton
one Viccaridge house and two acres of ground worth p annum
fourtie shillings, and the small tithes and tithe salt through-
out all the parish, save onely the tithes hereafter expressed,
for which a certaine rent is due to the said Viccar of Poulton
by pscripcon, viz* foure shillings per annum for tith hay in
Warbrecke, and Eighteene pence p ann for tith hay in Oxen-
dewe Meadowe by composicon, three shillings four pence for
tithe hempe and flax in Laton [Layton] cum Warbrecke by
prescripcon, thirteene shillings foure pence by Mr Alex'f
Rigby for his small tithes in Laton [Layton] by prescripcon,
twentie shillings for tithe hay in Bispham by pscripcon,
twentie shillings in Norbrecke for tithe hay by Composicon
and ten pence for hemp and flax by pscripcon, the profitts of
the whole viccaridge haueing beene worth p anum formerly
to the Vicar threescore pounds, But now worth about fifty
fiue pounds p annii. And the present Incumbent and Minister
there is Mf Peter White?- formerly an able and painful
Minister, but now verie aged and Infirme ; the Cure is sup-
plied by Mf John Brereley, who hath noe allowance ; the
parishioners desire he may have allowance and Incorragement.
There is within the said Parish one Parochiall Chappell onely
called Bispham,2 foure myles distant from Poulton ; it hath [Bisp-
formerly beene a parish Church conteyning two towps, viz.
Bispham cum Norbrecke and Laton [Layton] cum War-
brecke, and consistinge of three hundred families ; the Inha-
1 If this is the same Peter White who was instituted here nth Jan.,
1 582, he must have held the Living upwards of 68 years, and would be at
least 92 years old.
2 Now a distinct parish.
I$2 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
bitants of the said townps humbly desire they may be
made a parish, and that competent maintennce may be
allowed, the Minister there for the present haueing onely the
Easter dues, which are worth p annu five pounds or there-
abouts ; the townp of Marton within the said parish being
distant from Poulton five Myles, and noe nearer to any other
Church or Chappell, the Inhabitants in the winter season
being for the most parte debarred from any Church by
water, and being a greate number of families, They humbly
desire that they may bee made a parish, and that Laiton
[Layton], Rakes, and Blackpoole [Blackpool], beinge (ham-
letts neere1) adioyninge, may be annexed to them, And that
a Church or Chappell may be erected and a minister and
competent maintenance allowed. In witness whereof as well
wee the said Com1'3 as the Jurors aforesaid have hereunto put
theire hands and seals the day and yeare first aboue written.
GEO. HULL (L.S.)2 EDW. PARR (L.S.)
JOHN CARTMELL (L.S.) JOHN HULL (L.S.)
JOHN GOOSE (L.S.) JOHN HODGSON (L.S.)
HENRY SILCOCKE (L.S.) RICH. KIRKHAM (L.S.)
STEPHEN BEE (L.S.) THO. CLARKSON (L.S.)
JOHN HIGGINSON (L.S.) HEN. WILKINSON (L.S.)
JOHN STARKIE (L.S.) JOHN SAWREY (L.S.)
JlREHJAH ASPINWALL(L.S-) GEO. PlGOT (L.S.)
THO. WHITTINGHAM (L.S.)
AN Inquisicon Indented taken at Preston, in Amoundnes,
in the County of Lancast1', the two and twentieth day of
June, Anno Dfii 1650, Before Richard, Shutleworth, John
Starkie, Thomas Whittingham, George To2iluson,Jo/m Sawrey,
JereJiiaJi Aspinwall, & George Pigot, Esqre, by vrtue of a
Comission vnder the greate Scale of England dated the
twentie ninth of March, 1650, to them & others directed for
the inquiringe of & ctifieinge of the ctaine numbr & true
1 Lambeth MS.
2 All plain seals, except that John Sawrey's shows a part of a chevron.
KIRKHAM PARISH. 153
yearely value of all parsonages and viccarages psentative &
of all & every the spuall & Eccliasticall Benefices, livings, and
Donatives wthin the said County. By the oathes of William
Pateson, George Bnller, James Smith, William Robinson,
James Ryley, John Sivarbrick, TJiurstan Haydocke, John
Crooke, Thomas WJiitesidc, William Davie, James Tompson,
Richard Wliytesyde, George Sharpies, Richard Salthus, and
Henry Winders, good and lawfull men of the parishes of
Kirkham & Lithom [Lytham] in the said County, who vpon
theire oathes psent & say : —
THAT the parish of Kirkham, in the Hundred of (Kirk-
Amoundrnes, doth conteyne one Parish Church, viz* Kirkham, m' '
a viccaridge psentative by the Deane & Chapter of Christ's
Church Colledge in Oxford, the tythes of the Corne & graine
of the whole parish beinge Impropriate to the said Colledge.
But all of them (sauing the tythes of Goosnarge [Goosnargh]
cum Newsham & Whittingham, the Moyetie of the tithes of
Newton) in lease to Thomas Clifton, Esqre, a papist delinquent,
vnder a yearely rent paid to the Colledge, the said rent beinge
unctaine, arisinge or falling according to the price of Corne or
graine sold in the Market at Oxford, But for the moste parte
amountinge to p annu, the tithes of Kirkham, Clifton
cum Salwicke [Salwick], Newton cum Scales, Treales, Ross-
aker [Roseacre] & Wharles, Medlar cum Wesham, Warton,
Rigby [Ribby] cum Wray, Westby cum Plumpton, Weeton
cum Preese, Singleton Magri cum Parva, within the parish
aforesaid now vnder sequestracon for the delinquency of the
said Mf Clifton, who is farmer thereof vnder the Colledge as
aforesaid, haue beene let at the yearely Rent of Six hundred
pounds, the tithes of Eccleston parva cum Larbrecke [Lar-
brick], Frockleton [Freckleton], Bryninge cum Kellamore
[Kellamergh], Greenow [Greenhalgh] cum Thisleton, &
Hambleton, now in the possession of Peniston Whalley, Esqr,
in right of Margarett his wife, late wife of Cuthbert Clifton,
gentleman, deceased, late sonne & heire of the said Thomas
Clifton, by assignem* from ye said MT Clifton for some yeares
yet in being & are worth p annu ninety four pounds sixteene
1 Lambeth MS.
154 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
shillings eight pence, out of which a pporconable pte of the
rent is paid to ye Colledge, the tythes of Goosnargh cum
Newsham & Whittingham, likewise within the said parish &
Impropriate to the Colledge, But in lease to Srl Tildesley,
a delinquent and now vnder Sequestracon for his delinquency,
And being within the parish aforesaid are worth p annu one
hundred and fiftie poundes, out of wch the rent to the Colledge
(beinge vnctaine as aforesaid accordinge to the price of corne
& graine sold in y° Market at Oxford, But for most pte
Amountinge to aboute eightie pounds p annu) is to bee de-
ducted. Besides there are gleab lands in Kirkham belonginge
to ye Colledge, but in lease to Mr Clifton, worth p annu twentie
foure pounds. And the said Jurors further say That the said
Parish doth conteyne within it selfe seaventeene townp3 wch
are distant from theire parish Church as hereafter is expressed,
viz1 Kirkham, in wch the parish Church is situate, Newton cum
Scales two myles, Clifton cum Salwicke four myles, Treales,
Rossaker [Roseacre], & Wharles foure myles, fTreckleton two
myles & a halfe, Bryninge cum Kellamore [Kellamergh] three
myles and a halfe, Rigby [Ribby] cum Wray two myles,
Westby cum Plumpton three myles and a halfe, Singleton
Magna cum pva Seaven myles, Eccleston pva cum Larbrecke
[Larbrick] seaven myles, Medlar cum Wesham two Myles,
Hambleton ten miles, Greenow [Greenhalgh] cum Thisleton
five Myles, Goosnargh ten myles, Newsham six myles, and
Weeton cum Preese four myles. And the said Jurors like-
wise say that there is belonging to the Viccaridge a Viccaridge
house & three rood lands of ground in Kirkham aforesaid
worth p anfi . . . to ye Minister at Kirkham ; And that
Mr Edward Fleetwood is ye psent Incumbent and Minister at
Kirkham aforesaid, and that hee receiues for his Sallarie the
profits of the said Viccaridge house & ground, and the small
tithes of the whole pish (excepting the townsps of Goosnargh
cum Newsham & Whittingham & the small tithes of Treales,
Rossaker [Roseacre], & Wharles, and for which the Inhabi-
tants by composicon lead for the Viccar of Kirkham one
hundred load of Turves yearely), the whole profitts of the
Viccaridge hauinge beene lett by the Viccar formerly at
1 The Christian name is not given either in the original MS. or the
Lambeth copy : it was Thomas Tyldesley.
KIRKIIAM PARISH. 155
eightie pounds p annu, besides the yearlie some of fiftie
pounds Augmentacon allowed to the Minister by order from
the Comittee of plundred Ministers. And they alsoe say
that there are within the said parish fiue Chappells, viz1
Goosnargh, a parochiall Chappell distant from the parish [Goos-
Church of Kirkham tenn myles, to wch is annexed the townps narg '*
of Whittingham & Newsham, there beinge noe allowance to
the Minister, but onely ffiftie pounds p annu by order from ye
Comittie for plundred Ministers, & wch is paid to Mf Ingham,
a diligent painfull Minister. The townp8 of Goosnarghe &
Whittingham, conteyninge in length Ten Myles and in
Breadth foure Myles, and being verie populous & farr remote
from the parish Church, the Inhabitants humbly desire it
may be made a parish & that competent maintennce may be
allowed to ye minister. And the Chappell of Threlfall within
Goosnargh, But three myles distant from the Church, there
is only fiftie pounds p annu allowed to Mr Sherborne, the
Minister there by Order from the Comittee of plundred
Ministers, & the Chappelry consistinge of fourescore families
at the least. The Inhabitants desire it might bee made a
parish & competent maintennce allowed. The Inftitants of
Newsham, distant six myles from theire pish Church & five [News-
\\ ~l
myles from Goosenargh, consistinge of about ten families
and being wthin a myle and a halfe of the parochiall Chappell
of Woodplumpton, desire to be annexed to Woodplumpton,
and that it may be made a parish. The Chappell of Lund [Lund.]
scituate in Clifton & Salwicke, four myles from the parish
Church, The Inftitants of the said townp, togethr wth the
Infiitants of Newton cum Scales, beinge within a Myle of
the said Chappell, and consistinge of aboue two hundred
families, togeather with the vpper end of Treales from
Thomas Porter's house, desire it may be made a parish &
that competent maintennce may bee allowed to the Minister,
there being onely at psent fortie pounds p annu allowed by
order of the Comittee of plundred Ministers unto Mr Joseph
Harrison, a godly, diligent, & painfull minister. And Single- [Single-
ton Chappell, newly erected. But neither . . . -1 nor main- ton<J
tennce ; And the same being distant seaven myles from
1 This blank is only in the Lambeth MS. The word omitted is
" minister."
156 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
their parish Church, and consistinge of a hundred and fortie
families at the least, the Inhitants humbly desire it may bee
a parish and that they may have a Minister & competent
[Weeton Maintennce allowed. And ye Inhitants of (Weeton1) cum
r'reese 1 Preese> within a myle of Singleton & three myles from
Kirkham, desire Singleton to bee a parish & they to be
[Hamble- annexed to it. And likewise Hambleton Chappell, distant
ten myles from Kirkham, the Parish Church, & devyded
from it by the Ryver of Wyer, there beinge noe allowance
to the Minister but onely flue pounds p ann paid by Richard
S/ierborne, Esqr, Lord of the Mannor, & fortie pounds p ann
by Order from ye Comittee for plundred Ministers, the In-
hitants desire it may bee made a parish, & y4 ye townp of
[Raw- RawclifTe,2 being within a myle of it & foure myles from
clifle.] thejr parish Church, may bee annexed to it. The Inhitants
of Rigby cum Wray, two myles from Kirkham, and consist-
[Warton, ing of many families, & ye Inhitants of (Warton and of
Keliar- Kellamore1) [Kellamergh] cum Bryninge, & Westby cum
Bryning, Plumpton, beinge far from theire parish Church & neare
Westby adioyning to Rigby [Ribby] cum Wray, & being willinge to
riumpton, contribute towards the erecting of a Chappell there, All the
Kjbby said townsp humbly desire that they may bee made a parish,
& y* a Chappell may bee erected & a minister & competent
maintennce allowed, there beinge already the some of fiftie
pounds p ann allowed to such minister as shall officiate at
ye said Chappell, by order from ye Comittee for plundred
[Eccleston ministers. The seuall townps of Eccleston pva cum Lar-
with Lar- brecke, seaven myles from Kirkham, and consistinge of
\\T\r\r
Medlar thirtie & three families, & ye Inhitants of Medlar & Thisleton,
with This- lieing neere ye Chappell of Elswicke, & ye Inhitants of
Roseacre Rossaker cum Wharles, foure myles from Kirkham, desire
to bee annexed to Elswicke2 [Elswick] Chappell, and that
Els- it may be made a parish and competent maintennce allowed
wick.2] to a minister there.
[Lytham.] AND the said Jurors lastly say, That ye Parish of Lithom
[Lytham], beinge verie small, conteyneth onely one towp,
wherein ye Church is scituate, Thomas Clifton, Esqr, a papist
1 Lambeth MS. 2 Elswick is in the parish of St. Michael.
LYTHAM PARISH. 1 57
delinquent, patron and Impropriator of yc whole tithes,
worth p anfi twentie nine pounds, yc Minister beinge Mr
William Armisteed, whoe hath noe allowance or sallarie, But
onely ye some of fiftie pounds p anfi allowed by order from
ye Comitee for plundred Ministers. In witnes whereof as
well the said Com" as ye Jurors aforesaid have hereunto
put their hands (and scales1) the day & year first above
written.
WILLIAM PATESON (L.S.) GEORGE Bu^LER1) (L.S.)
JAMES SMITH (L.S.) WILLM ROBINSON (L.S.)
JAMES RYLEY (L.S.) JOHN SWARSBRICKE (L.S.)
THURSTAN HAYDOCKE (L.S.) JOHN (CROOKED (L.S.)
THO. WHITESIDE (L.S.) WILLM (DAViE1) (L.S.)
JAMES TOMPSON (L.S.) RICHARD WHITESIDE (L.S.)
GEORGE {SHARPLES*) (L.S.) RICHARD SALTHUS (L.S.)
HENRY WINDERS (L.S.)
JOHN SAWREY (L.S.) JIREHJAH ASPINWALL (L.S.;
CEO. PlGOT (L.S.) THOMASWHITTINGHAM(L.S.)
JOHN STARKIE (L.S.)3
Lambeth MS. 2 Seals all plain.
158 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
BLACKBURNE [BLACKBURN] HUNDRED.
Inquisicon Indented, taken at Blackburne, in the County
of Lanr, The Twentie fift day of June, One thousand six
hundred and fiftie, Before RicJiard SJmttlewortJi, John Starkie,
Peeter Bould, Thomas WJiittingJiam, JoJin Toluson, John
Sawrey, Jereiah Aspinwall, and George Pigot and William
West, Esqrs, by virtue of a Comission vndr the greate Scale
of England, dated the twentith ninth of March, 1650, to
them and others directed for enquiringe of and certifyeinge
the certaine numb1 and true yearly value of all psonags and
viccarags psentative, and of all and everie the spuall and
Ecclesiasticall livings, benefices, and donatives wthin the said
Countie, By the Oathes of John Hanvood, Will™ Chew,
Richard Osbaldeston, Will™ Walmisley, James Whalley, Edward
Lowed,1 Willm. Ward, Jo Jin Aspden, John DeivJiurst, Robert
Raddiffe, Richard DeivJiurst, JoJin DewJiurst Jun, RicJiard
A insworth, Jeremy Wood, & Edward Bolton, good and lawfull
men of the parish of Blackburne and Whalley, in the said
Countie, whoe upon their oaths j^sent and saye That the
[Black- pishe of Blackburne, wthin the hundred of Blackburne, doth
conteyne one pishe Church, viz1, Blackburne, a Viccarage
psentative by the late Arch Busp of Canterbury, the Impro-
priator Mr'w Mariana ffleetwood, farmer of the tithes, by a
demise or Lease made by the said Bus? yett in beinge,
besides there is a demesne called Hadeley [Haudley] yett in
lease vnder the sd Bus? to the sd M** ffleetwood^ for the terme
of eight yeares or thereabouts, and by her demised att eighty
pounds p anfi, And also an ould rent of Thirtie five pounds
fourteene shillings p anfi, besides fyne of Tennants, and one
water corne mylne of the yearly value,3 All wch are in
lease vndr the sd Bus? vnto the s(l M**ffleetwood for the terme
afores11, And the sd M** ffleetwood hath tythe wthin the
Chappelry of Lawe [Law] in the pishe aforesd, worth p anfi
One hundred nyneteene pounds, And ffiftie twoe pounds
1 This name is Lowde, 2 The sum is not stated in either MS.
BLACKBURN PARISH. 159
p anfi for Glebe land, and in Nether Darwen twentie seaven
pounds p anfi, and in Plesington [Plessington] Thirteene
pounds Tenn shillings p anfi, and in Witton Eight pounds
p anfi, and in Meller [Mellor] cu Eclesell [Eccleshill] Thirty
pounds p anfi, And in ffarwood pva Tenn pounds p anfi, and
in Samlisbery [Samlesbury] Thirtie pounds p anfi besydes
three acres and a half of Glebe land att seaven shillings three
pence rent p anfi, and in Clayton in le dale, Salisbery
[Salesbury], Whilpshire cu Dinkley, and Billington, their
tythes worth Seaventy twoe pounds p anfi, and in Tockhooles
[Tockholes] thirteene pounds six shillings eight pence p anfi,
and in Ov Darwen thirtie pounds p anfi, and in Blackburne
sixtie pounds p anfi, and in Harwood Magna ffourtie pounds
p anfi, and in Rishton Thirtie five pounds p anfi, and in
Cuardall [Cuerdale] ffive pounds p anfi, and in Livesaye
[Livesey] Twentie pounds p anfi, and in Osbaldeston &
Balderston Thirteene pounds thirteene shillings p anfi, besydes
Yatebanke and Viccopbanke [Pickup Bank], pte of the
fforest of Rossendale but pcell of the Rectory of Blackburne,
their tythes worth to the aboue sd ffarmor five pounds p anfi.
And the Jurors likewise saye, that there is belonging to the
sd Viccarage one Viccarige house and thirtie acres of land
worth p anfi Twentie pounds to the psent Minister at Black-
burne, viz MT Leonard Clayton, Master of Arts, besyds there
is other auntcient Tennants wch pscribe to paye a rent of Two
pounds sixteene shillings & Tenn pence p anfi to the sd
Vicar, All wch the sd Viccar receyveth for his sallery besydes
Twentie six pounds thirteene shillings foure pence p anfi \vch
he receyveth from the sd Mris ffleetwood, And alsoe that he
hath an Augmentacon of ffiftie pounds p anfi from the
Comittec of Plundred Ministers, but as yett hath receyved
noe benefitt thereof. And the said Jurors ffurther saye, that
the sd pishe Doth contayne wthin it selfc Nynteene Towni'3
wch are distant from their pishe Church as is hereafter ex-
prest, viz, Blackburne, in which the pishe is scituate, Nether
Darwen two myles, Ov1 Darwen foure myles, Liuesaye cu
Tockholes foure myles, Pleasington three myles, Witton one
myle and a halfe, Samlisbury six myles, Osbaldeston five
myles, Balderston five myles, Walton in le Dale Nyne myles,
Cuardale [Cuerdale] eight myles, Meller [Mellor] cu Eclesill
160 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
[Eccleshill] foure myles, Whilpshire cu Dinkley foure myles,
Clayton in le Dale foure myles, Billington five myles, Har-
wood magna foure myles, Harwood pva One myle & a
quarter, Rishton three myles, and Salisbury [Salesbury] foure
myles ; And they also saye, that there are wthin the sd pishe
[Law Seaven Chappells, viz, Law, a pochiall Chappell, distant from
Chapel.] t^e pjg^ church of Blackburne nyne myles (to wch is anexed the
[Walton Towni'3 of Walton & pte of Cuardale) [Cuerdale], consistinge
dale.]"6 of aboue Twoe hundred ffamilies, hath ffourtie pounds p anfi
allowed by ordr of the Comittee of plundred Ministers out of
the sequestred tyths of fames Andertou, a papist Delinq1, But
in regard of other charges laid vpon the sd tyths for the
mayntenance of other Ministers the Inhaits haue recd noe
benefitt of the sd Ord1', besyds they had formly foure pounds
p anfi pd to their Minister by the formr Vicars of Blackborne,
wch for three yeares last hath beene detayned, soe that att
$sent they are both wthout maynteinance and Minister. The
Inhaiats humbly praye the same maye bee made a pish and
competent maynteinance allowed to a Minister. Samlisberie
[Samles- [Samlesbury], a parochiall Chappell, had auntiently foure
pounds p anfi pd by the form1 Vicars of Blackburne to their
Minister, but now detayned, and fourtie pounds p anfi by
ordr of the Comittee of this Countye, Their psent Minister,
Mr Richard SmetJmrst. The Inftiats desire they may bee
made a pishe, and that Competent maynteinance maye
bee allowed for a minister, they beinge above one hundred
families, and six myles distant from their pishe Church &
[r.angho, four myles from any other Church. Langoe, a Chappell
Wi/psliir"' distant from their pishe Church six myles and vpwards, and
Dinkley, twoe myles and a halfe from any other pishe Church, The
and^Saks- sarne consistinge of the Towni'3 of Billington, Whilpshire cu
bury-] Dinkley, Clayton in le Dale, & Salisbury, wherein there is
three hundred families, Their Minister, Mr James Chriclilowe,
hath allowed fourty pounds per anfi by the Comittee of this
Countye : The Inhiats desire the same may bee made a
pish, and competent maynteinance maye bee allowed their
[Tock- Minister. Tockhooles [Tockholes], a Chappell distant from
their pish Church three myles, consisting of aboue four score
families and Twentie families in Withnell next adioyning to
them, being seaven myles distant from their pishe Church of
BLACKBURN AND WHALLEY PARISHES. l6l
Leyland, desire to bee anexed to Tochhooles [Tockholes],
and the same to bee made a pishe, and competent mayn-
teinance allowed for a Minister, they haveing att jJsent fourtie
pounds p anfi allowed by the Comittee of this Countye.
Over Darwen a Chappell distant from their pishe Church four [°ver Dar*
myles, consistinge of aboue ffour hundred ffamilies being w
wlhin the sd Town of Ovr Darwen and pte of the fforest of
Rossendale, MT Josiah Barnards, their Minister, and1 able
& godly Divine, hath for his Sallery ffourtie pounds p ann
allowed by the Comittee of this Countye : the Inhiats desire
it may bee made a pishe, and competent mainteinance
allowed for their Minister. Balderston, a Chappell distant [Balder-
aboute foure myles and a quarter from their pishe Church, st(
and consistinge of about foure score families, hath allowed
ffourty pounds p anfi by the Comittee of this Countye, desire
they maye bee made a pishe, and competent maynteinance
allowed for their Minister. Harwood, a pochiall Chappell [Har-
distant from their pishe Church foure myles, hath att ]3sent w'
noe minister nor maynteinance save only foure pounds p anfi
pd out of the Dutchy lands; They consist of about Twoe
hundred ffamilies wth the Inhiats of Totleworth [Tottles-
worth] and Rishton Towne, who desire to bee anexed to the [Rishton.]
sd Church and to bee made a pish, and competent mayn-
teinance allowed for a Minister.
AND the sd Jurors further say, that the pishe of Whaley [Whalley.]
[Whalley], wthin the Hundred aforesd, doth conteyne one
pish Church, viz. Whalley, a viccarige psentative by the
late Arch? of Canterbury, the Impropriator, Mr Nicholas
Ashton, ffarmr of the tyths, by a demise or lease made by
the sd Arch?, yett in beinge. The tyths of Whalley worth
p anfi ffiftie shillings, besydes Glebe lands worth p anfi ffif-
teene pounds one shilling & six pence ; The whole tyths of
Padiam [Padiham], Hap(ton, Simonston2), Higham Booth(e2)
& (Westclose2), worth p anfi fiftie pounds, besydes a rent
due by pscripcon for tyth hay ; the whole tythe of Clayton
(sup mores2) [le Moors], besydes tythe hay for wch they pay
1 "And" in the original and the Lambeth MS.
2 Lambeth MS.
162 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
a rent by j?scripcon ; Colne, their whole tyths worth p arm,
with the tyths of Marsden, ffoulrigg [Foulridge], and (Traw-
den1) four score pounds, besydes Glebe lands worth p ann
thirteene pounds six shillings eight pence ; Clitherowe, Chatt-
burne, (Worston1) & (Mearley1), their tyths worth p ann
One hundred & nyne pounds one shilling and eight pence,
besyde Glebe land worth p ann Seaventeene pounds sixteene
shillings eight pence, besydes one water corne mylne for wch
the owners pscribe to paye (a1) rent to the Impropriator ;
Down(ham and1) Twiston, their whole tythe worth p ann
(Thirtye1) five pounds, besydes Glebe lands worth p ann
Thirteene pounds three shillings & two pence ; Accrington
nova et vetr [Old and New], their whole tyths worth p ann
Twenty six pounds ; Pendleton, their whole tyths worth
p ann Twenty pounds ; Altham, their whole tyths worth p
ann ffourteene pounds, besydes tyth haye for wch the Inftaits
pay a rent by ^scripcon, & alsoe Glebe lands worth p ann
five pounds ; Bearcliffe [Briercliffe] cu (Extwisle1), their
whole tythe worth p ann fifteene pounds thirteene shillings
four pence ; Newland, Reedley, Hollowe, and ffillie [Filly]
Close, their whole tyths worth p ann six pounds thirteene
shillings, besydes tythe haye for wch they paye a rent by
pscripcon, and thirteene shillings p ann for Easter dues ;
Ightenhill pke [Park], their whole tyths worth p ann three
pounds foure shillings, & Easter dues six shillings eight
pence, besydes tythe haye for wch they pay a rent by
^scripcon ; Burnley, their whole tythe worth p ann, wth (Hub-
bersham1) [Habergham], Thirtie pounds, besydes a water
corne mylne for wch the owners Ascribe to pay a rent to the
Impropriator, & also Glebe lands worth p ann twenty pounds;
Worston1) cu Hurstwood, their whole tyths worth p ann six
pounds ; Cliviger, their whole tyths worth p ann six pounds
thirteene shillings foure pence; Wiswall [Wiswell], their
whole tythes worth p ann Eighteene pounds ; Heyhouse
[Heyhouses], their tyth worth p ann Twoe pounds seaven
shillings ; Oswald (twisle1), their whole tyths worth p ann
Twentie twoe pounds & Tenn shillings ; Church, their whole
tyths wth the Ester [Easter] dues worth p ann six pounds eight
1 Lambeth MS.
WHALLEY PARISH. 163
shillings eight pence, besydes Glebe lands worth p anfi Nyne
pounds tenn shillings ; Mitton, (Henthorne, and Coulcoates1)
[Henthorn and Coldcootes], their whole tyths worth p anfi
eight pounds ; Huslinden [Haslingden], their whole tyths
worth p anfi Thirtie five pounds, besydes tyth haye for wch
the Inhiats paye a rent by pscripcqn, and also a donative rent
of sixteene pounds p ann, & also Glebe lands worth p ann
(Twelve1) pounds; (Huncoate1) [Huncoat], their whole tyths
worth p anfi foure pounds tenn shillings ; (Newall hey Booth,
Rawtenstall, Okenhead Booth, Constable Booth1), pte of
Crawshawe Booth, their whole tyths worth p anfi (Twelve1)
pounds ; Pendle, their whole tyths worth p anfi Twenty six
pounds thirteene shillings eight pence, besydes tythe for wch the
Inhaits pay a rent by pVescripcon, and one Donative rent of
Twentie shillings p anfi, and also a tythe worth p anfi thirtie
three shillings foure pence belonginge to the Inhiats of
Weethead wthin Roughlie [Roughlee], pte of Pendle aforesd ;
Goodshawe, their whole tyths worth p anfi Twelve pounds
Tenn shillings ; Whitewell Chappell, their tyth worth p anfi
Tenn pounds ; New Church in Rossendale, The Inhaits of
Dedwenclough [Deadwin Clough], Tunsteed [Tunstead], &
Wooffendenbooth [Wolfenden Booth], and pte of WoofFenden
[Wolfenden], and Bakcopp [Bacup], their whole tyths worth
p anfi Twentie seaven pounds. And the sd Jurors likewise
saye, that their is an ould Viccarage house, and thirtie eight
pounds p anfi pd to M'f Will™ Walker, master of Arts, an
able & orthodox divine, and (now1) Minister there, beinge
his whole sallery. And the sd Jurors further saye, That the
sd pishe Doth contayne wthin it selfe thirtie five Townps
wch are distant from their pishe Church as is hereafter ex-
pressed ; viz., Whalley, in wch the pishe Church is scituate ;
Padiam [Padiham] foure myles, Simonston [Simonstone]
three myles, Hapton five myles, Altham foure myles, (Clayton
sup Mores1) [le-Moors] foure myles, Read one myle, Colne
Tenn myles, Clitherowe [Clitheroe] Six myles, Downham
six myles, Accrington vet [Old] Six myles, Accrington nova
[New] six miles, B(riarcliffe [Briercliffe] cum Extwisle1) sea-
ven myles ; Newland and Reedlehallows [Reedley Hollows]
1 Lambeth MS.
M 2
1 64 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
and ffilly Closse [Filly Close], pte of Pendle fforrest affores'1,
five myles ; Ightenhill pke [Park] six myles, Burnley seaven
myles, (Worstorne1) [Worsthorn] eight myles, Cliviger nyne
myles, ffoulrigg [Foulridge], Twelue myles, Trawdon [Trawden]
myles,2 Chatburne [Chatburn] five myles, Worston five myles,
Mearley five myles, Turston six myles, Pendleton Twoe myles,
Wiswall [Wiswell] one myle & a halfe, Heyhouse [Heyhouses]
foure myles, Oswaldwisle [Oswald tvvistle] five myles, Church
five myles, Mitton, Henthorne [Henthorn] & Coulcoate
[Coldcoates] one myle & a halfe, Haslinden [Haslingden]
eight myles, Huncoate [Huncoat] five myles; Newalleybooth
[Newhall Hey Booth], Rautenstallbooth [Rawtenstall Booth],
Okenheadbooth [Oakenhead Booth] & Cunstablebooth [Con-
stable Booth] & pte of Crawshawbooth, pte of the fforest of
Rossendale Tenn myles ; Pendle five myles, Goodshawe
[Goodshaw] eleaven myles, Whitewell eight myles, New-
church in Rossendale Twelve myles. And they also say that
there are wthin the sd pishe ffourteene Chappells, viz.,
[Padiham.] PADIAM [Padiham], a pochall Chappell foure myles and a
halfe distant from their pishe Church of Whalley; John
Brears, Master of Arts, their Minister, hath for his Sallery six
pounds nynteene shillings twoo pence pd by the receyuer of
the revenew of this Countyc, Thirtie three pounds from the
late Comittee of this Countye, wch is in the whole 391 19* 2d.
The Inhiats of Padiam [Padiham], H(apton1), Simonston &
Higham Booth, and West Close, consistinge of Twoo hundred
thirtie twoo ffamilies and 1106 psons, beinge farr remote from
their pishe Churche, humbly desire they may bee made a
pishe and competent mainteinance allowed.
[Colne.] COLNE, a pochall Chappell, consistinge of the Town?3 of
Colne, Marsden, ffoulrigg [Foulridge], and Trawden, beinge
aboue ffoure hundred ffamilies, and distant from their pishe
Church Tenn myles ; their Minister Mr John Horrocks, a
very able Divine, hath an allowance of eleaven pounds tenn
shillings p ann pd by the ffarmr of the rectory of Whalley and
1 Lambeth MS.
2 The distance is omitted in the original MS. and the Lambeth MS.
WHALLEY PARISH. 1 6$
Twentie eight poundes Tenn shillings pd by ordr of the late
Comittee of this County ; the Inhaits humbly desire the same
may be made a pishe and competent mayntenance allowed.
CLITHEROW [Clitheroe], a pochall Chappell consisting of [Ciithe-
the TownshP* of Clitheroe, Chatburne, Worston, Mearley, & roe'-'
Heyhouses, wherein are aboue foure hundred ffamilies, many
of them farr remote from their pishe Church ; the Minister
MT Rob1 Marsden, an able divine, hath for his sallery Eleaven
pounds Tenn shillings, pd by the ffarm1 of the rectory, and
Three pounds Tenn shillings out of the Dutchy rents, and
Twenty five pounds by ordr of the late Comittee of this
County ; the Inhaits humbly desire it may bee made a pishe
Church and competent mayntenance allowed.
DOWNHAM, a pochall Chappell consistinge of Three hun- [Down-
dred ffamilies, and distant from their pishe Church six myles,
Their minister Mr George Whitticar, Master of arts, whoe
hath for his Sallery Tenn pounds p ami pd by the ffarmrs of
the rectory, and thirtie pounds p anfi pd by ordr of the late
Comitee of this Countye. the Inhiats of Twiston, being [Twiston.]
aboute fourty families and next adiacent to the sd Church,
together wth the afforesd Inhaits of Downham, desire they
maye bee anexed to the same, and that it maye bee made a
pishe and competente maynteinance allowed.
ACCRINGTON, a Chappell not pochall, consistinge of twoe [Accring-
large Town?3, viz. Accrington ve?. et Nova [Old and New],ton^
wherein are Twoe hundred ffamilies and vpwards, and distant
from their pishe Church six myles ; Mr Roger Kenion, their
Minister, an able & orthodox Divine, hath for his Sallery
fourty pounds p anfi allowed by the late Comittee of this
County. The Infciats humbly desire the same maye bee made
a pishe Church and that competent maynteinance maye bee
allowed.
ALTHAM, a pochall Chappell consistinge of the Town?" of [Altham.]
Altham & pte of Clayton sup Mores [le-Moors], wherein are
one hundred and fiftie ffamilies, who are distant from their
pishe Church foure myles ; their minister Mr Thomas Jolly,
166 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
an able Divine, and hath for his Sallery Tenn pounds p ann
pd by the sd ffarmr of the rectory, and thirtie pounds p anh
by ordr of the late Comittee of this Countye, and he hath
alsoe an Ordr from the Comittee of plundred Ministers for
ffiftie pounds p ann out of the Sequestred Estate of Thomas
Clifton, Esqr, a papist Delinq4, but hath noe benefitt thereof
in regard of a rent due to Christs Church Colledge in Oxford
wch is yett in arreare. The Inhiats humbly desire the same
maye bee made a pishe Churche and competent mayntein-
ance allowed:
[Briercliffe BRIARCLIFFE [Briercliffe] cu Extwisle, the Inhiats thereof
twisle.f being distant from their pishe Church five myles, and from
any other Church or Chappell almost six myles, They desire
they maye Errect a Chappell wthin themselves, They con-
sistinge of aboue one hundred fTamilies, and that competent1
maye bee allowed to a minister.
[New NEWLAND [New Laund], Reedley hallows [Hollows], ffilly
Reedley Close, and Ightehill pke [Park], being distant from their pishe
Hollows, Church six myles & vpwards, and wthin a myle & a halfe of
Close, and Burnley, consistinge of aboute ffourty families, desire they
ightenhill may bee anexed to Burnley, and that the same maye bee
made a pishe Church and competent mainteinance allowed.
[Burnley.] BURNLEY, a pochall Chappell consistinge of the Town?3
of Burnley, Habersham Eves [Habergham Eaves], and
Worstorne [Worsthorn], wherein there are Three hundred
ffamilies and vpwards ; There Minister M r Henry Morres, an
able & orthodox divine, hath allowed for his Sallery from
the ffarm1 of the said rectory eleaven pounds Tenn shillings
p ann, and out of the Dutchy lands foure pounds eight
shillings and twoe pence p ann, and by ordr of the late
Comittee of this Countye Twenty foure pounds one shilling
& eleaven pence p ann, being in all ffourty pounds, the
Inhiats, being distant from their pishe aboue seaven myles,
desire the same maye bee made a pishe Church and competent
maynteinance allowed.
1 In Lambeth MS. "mayntenance"is substituted for "competent."
WH ALLEY PARISH. l6/
HOLMES, a Chappell not pochall, beinge foure myles distant [Holme.]
from Burnley and eleaven myles from Whalley, their pishe
Churche, and hath noe maytenance for a minister ; but de-
sire to have allowance & bee made a pishe Church, the same
consistinge of the Townsps of Worstorne [Worsthorn] cu Hurst-
wood (Cliviger J), wherein are above one hundred ffamilies.
CHURCH KIRK, a pochall Chappell consisting of the [Church.]
Towns?3 of Church Oswaldwisle [Oswaldtwisle] , Huncoate,
& pte of Claiston sup mores [Clayton-le-Moors] , wherein
are above Twoe Hundred ffamilies, distant from their pishe
Church five myles & vpwards ; their minister Mr James
Rigby, Master of Arts, hath for his Sallery Tenn pounds
p anfi pd by the ffarmr of the rectory afforesd, and (Thirtie1)
pounds p anfi by order of the late Comittee of this Countye ;
besydes he hath an Ordr from ye Comittie for plundered
minister for fiftie pounds p anfi out of the tythes of Thomas
(Clifton*), Esqr, a papist Delinq4, but hath noe benefitt thereof
in regard of a rent due to Christs Church Colledge in Oxford
(which is yett in arreare1) ; the Inhiats thereof desire the
same maye bee made a pishe Church and competent mayn-
teinance allowed.
MlTTON [Little Mitton], Henthorne [Henthorn] cu [Little
(Coalcoate & Wiswall1) [Coldcoats & Wiswell] : the Inhiats Mitton>]
thereof desire the[y] may be continewed to their pishe
Church at Whalley, they being distant from thence about a
myle & a quarter.
HASLINGDEN, a pochiall Chappell distant from their pish [Hasling-
Church eight myles & vpwards, consisting of the Towns?3 of den'-'
Haslingden & pte of the fforest of Rossendale ; viz. Newell-
heybooth [Newhall Hey Booth], pte of Rawtenstallbooth,
Okenheadbooth [Oakenhead Booth], Constablebooth, & pte
of Crowshawbooth [Crawshaw Booth], wherein are aboue
three hundred families ; their Minister Mr Rob1 G(ilbodyr),
who att psent is suspended by the [Assembly] of Divines,
(the Inhabitants1) desire the same may be made a pishe
Church and competent maynteinance allowed.
1 Lambeth MS.
1 68
LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650,
[New-
[Good-
[White-
Rossen-
dale.]
(Ribches-
NEWCHURCH in Pendle, a pochall Chappell consisting of
most pte of the Inhiats of the fforest of Pendle, aboue five
myles distant from (theire parishe church, wherein are one
hundred and ffifty ffamilies ; theire Minister1), Mr Edward
Lappage, an able divine, hath for his sallery Thirtie nyne
pounds p ann allowed by ordr of the late Comittee of the
Countye. The sevVll families, wthin Weethead & Roughlee,
pte of the (said fforest, are desired to bee annexed to the
said Church and the same1) made a pish, [&] a competent
maynteinance allowed.
GOODSHAWE, a Chappell not pochiall, consistinge of aboute
(seaventye1) families, hath neither minister nor maynteinance,
save only one messuage (and a backside worth per ann Tenn
shillinges, and are distant from their Parish aboute eleaven
myles1), desire they may bee made a pishe and competent
mainteinance allowed.
WHITEWELL, a Chappell not pochall, consistinge of one
hundred (and1) sixteene families, have neither minister nor
maintein(ance for any, and are distant from their Parishe
Church eight myles and upwards1) ; the Inhiatts desire the
same maye bee made a pishe Church and competent mayn-
teinance allowed.
NEWCHURCH in Rossendale, a pochall Chappell con-
sisting of the Inhiats of (Dedenclough [Deadwinclough] ,
Tunstall, Wooffenden1) [Wolfenden] (booth and parte of
Wooffenden1) [Wolfenden] (and Bakcopp1) [Bacup], wherein
are three hundred families, are distant from their pish Church
Twelue myles ; Mr Robert (Dewhurst1}, their Minister, an
able (divine1), hath noe allowance att all from the State but
what the Inhiats bestow vpon him (on their owne accord.
They humbly desire1) they may be made a pishe and comp-
tent maynteinance allowed.
AND the sd Jurors further saye, That Ribchester is a pishe
(and doth conteyne1) wthin itselfe one pishe Church, viz. Rib-
chester, a Viccarage psent(ative impropriate to the late
1 Lambeth MS. This portion of the original MS. is very imperfect.
RIBCHESTER AND CHIPPING PARISHES. 169
Bushopp of Chester, the Tyths of1) the whole pishe (lett to
the Inhabitants1) for the terme of one life yett (in1) being vpon
the yearly rent of (Thirty nyne1) pounds (ffifteene1) shillings
six pence pd to the Trustees for the sale of Bus?8 lands (and
that the said Parishe doth contayne within it foure Town-
shipps, viz1 Alston cum Hothersall1) being distant from their
pishe Church five myles, Dilworth foure myles, (and Button
foure myles. The1) psent Incumb1 M r Christopher Hindley,
but lately suspended by ordr from (the provinciall Assembly
of Divines for this County, but for what cause the presenters
know not1). And there was family pd to the sd Vicar by ye
sd Bush of Chester Twenty nlks p ann, and (six pounds1)
thirteene shillings foure pence p ann out of the pish of Steed
[Styde], but of late (there is no allowance1).
(AND they further saye that there is one Chappell1) wthin
the sd pishe, viz* (Longridge1) Chappell (standinge in Alston1) "'
afforesd and distant from their pishe Church (betwixt foure
and five myles1), but neither Minister nor mayteinance. The
Inhaits of (Alston cum Hothersall and Dilworth beinge [Alston,
remoate from their parishe Church as afiforesaid1) & con- Hothersa
sisting of one hundred & fourty families, humbly desire the and Dii-
same may be made a pishe Church, (and that a minister and w
competent mayntenance may be allowed1).
AND they further say that Chippin [Chipping] is a pish, [Chip-
(and doth1) contayne (within itselfe1) one pish Church, viz. pl
Chippin, a Viccarage ^sentative Impropriate to the sd Bus? of
Chester, (the Tythes thereof under sequestration worth per
ann Eighty1) five pounds & (five1) shillings. And that the
tythes of Thornley cu (Wheatley, parte of the said parishe, is
worth per ann Twenty pound, besydes1) the tythe of one
antient messuage & Twoe hundred acres of land called
B(ra1)dley, demised by (the late impropriator the said
Bushopp for a terme determinable at Candlemas next1). And
the Inhaits Ascribe to paie fifteene shillings (one1) penn(y) per
ann to the ffarmer of the Rectory1) of Chippin [Chipping],
viz. twoe shillings foure pence, for an acre of oates, pease &
1 Lambeth MS.
170 LANCASHIRE CHURCH SURVEYS, 1650.
beanes, three shillings (and an acre of barley five shillings
and1) an acre of wheat. And that the sd Towns? of Thornley
cu Wheatley are distant from their pishe Church (three myles ;
the present Minister) Mr (John*} Kinge, an able orthodox
divine, hee hath for his sallery Tenn pounds (per ann, for-
merly paid out of the rent reserved to the said Bushopp, and
since the proffitts were sequestered1), hee hath recd an aug-
mentacon of fiftie pounds p ann, (by order of the Comittee
for plundered ministers, soe that his whole stipend is1) sixtie
pounds p ann.
[Stydd.] AND the Centers further saye that Steed1) [Stydd2] (is a
parishe wherein is one parishe church called Steed1) [Stydd]
(Church beinge a donative from the Abbott of Cockersand,
but now from Mr Holt, of Grislehurst, Lord of the Mannor of
Steed1), [Stydd] (worth in the whole six pounds thirteene
shillings and foure pence p ann, paid hetherto to the minister
att Ribchester, being accompted parson att Steed, there
beinge onely seaventeene ffamilies within this parish, the
same beinge three quarters of a myle distant from the Parish
Church of Ribchester ; the Inhabitants of Dutton are distant
from their Parish Church of Ribchester ; and the said Church
of Steed standing betwixt them and Ribchester, they desire
to be annexed to Steede.1)
JOHN HARWOOD WILLIAM CHEW
WILLIAM WALMISLEY RICHARD OsBADESTON3
JAMES WHALEY EDWARD LOWED*
WILLIAM WARD JOHN ASPDEN
JOHN DEWHURST ROBERT RATCLIFFE
RICHARD DEWHURST JOHN DEWHURST, JUNIOR
RICHARD AINSWORTH JEREMY WOOD
EDWARD BOULTONS
JOHN SAWRY JEREHIAH ASPINWALL
GEORGE PIGOTT THOMAS WHITTINGHAM
WILLIAM WEST.)1
1 Lambeth MS. The original MS. of the last few pages is almost
entirely illegible.
- Stydd, or Stede, was originally a parish ; it is now a parochial chapel
annexed to Ribchester.
3 Osbaldeston (see page 158), 4 Lowde, * Bolton.
I/I
PART II.
Surveys of Lands, &c., of the Bishop of Chester, and the Dean
and Chapter of Chester, and of the Wardens and Fellows
of the Collegiate Church of Manchester.
SURVEY OF BISHOP'S LANDS.1
THE Rectory of Llangarthen is houlden by the Earle
Llerbury [Carbery] from the late Bushopp of Chester. The gathen],
Lease bears date the 14° Aprill, 1618. It is for three lives Com.Caer-
all in beeing. The Earle paies to the Bushopp as is hereto
annexed, Eighteene pounds six shillings eight pence p ann.
The Earle presents the Viccar by his lease. The whole
Rectory is lett this yeare for one hundred and ffifty pounds,
which is more then ever it hath bine lett, ffor the Viccarr
hath the third part, being ffifty pounds, The Easter booke,
and all other profitts, amounting to about fforty shillings
p ami. There is belonging to the Rectory one Acre and a
halfe of Gleabe Land.
The lease was made 14° Aprill, 1618, by Thomas then
Bnshopp of Chester; the lease is for three lives, (viz*), the life
of Richard Vaughan, Esq., sonne & heire to Sir John Vaughan,
fn° Vaughan, gent., & Edward Meredith, gent., younger
Sonne of Edward Meredith, Cittizen & Draper of London,
All liveing & in health. The Rent is i8u 6s 8d, to be paid
yearely by equall porcons at Michmas & Lady day. If
unpaid 5oty daies after demand the B'pp may reenter. There
is 26s 8d paid yearely by the Tennant to ye Colledge of
Brecknocke [Brecon or Brecknock].
1 " Surveys of Lands and other Possessions of the Archbishop and
Bishop, or attached to Cathedral or Collegiate Churches. Province of
York," vol. iii. p. 140. — Lambeth Library MSS.
- This should be Carmarthen,
1/2 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC.,
The Lessee is to pay all payements due for ye said
Rectory. The Acre & \ of Gleabe is vallued at xs p arm.
The Rent apportioned to the Said Gleabe p ann xxd.
ffebr. 7th, 1655. WILL WEBB.
Exd J. BRADRY, Jo. DUNCALFE \
Register. RICHARD CROXALL/ ^
Llanpe- John, late Bushopp of Chester, by a Coppy only shewed us
[Lknbeb- and affirmed to be a true Coppy, xjth Jan. 4° Carol. [1628], did
lig] in demise unto Edward lloyd o>i Wiggin [Wigan], gent., all the
narvon cu Rectory or Parsonadge of Byblock, ats Llanpeblicke [Llan-
Ptin- beblig], in Com Carnarven, with all free Chappell or Chap-
pells thereunto belonging, And alsoe all Gleabe lands and
Tenements cu ptin thereunto belonging, And all tythes
arysing within the Parrish of Llangeblicke [Llanbeblig], or
else where in the said County, belonging to the said Rectory,
Habend to the said Edward from the ffeast of St. Mychaell
the Archangell then last past for one and Twenty yeares,
Payeing three pounds p ann to the Bushopp at Mychmas
and Lady day by equall porcons, With Provisoe that if the
said Rent be unpaid ffifty daies after either of the said daies
of payement, the Bushopp might reenter.
Wee have noe Counterpart of the said Lease ; And the
Lessee alledgeth that the Lease from the Bushopp was
plundered from them. The Busshopp tould us MT Lloyds
lease did end the last of Michmas, or at Mychmas 1648.
Llanpeblicke [Llanbeblig] is the Mother Church of Car-
narvon, And but one Viccar to both, who was presented by
the Bushopp.
There is no Parsonadge, nor any building or Gleabe land
belonging to the Rectory, only one decayed howse and a
litle backside, neither hath there bine any within the
memory of man ; the Value of the Rectory p ann upon the
Racke p ann is One hundred foure pounds and fourteene
shillings, the Bushopps Rent included, A third part whereof
Mr Morris Robbins, now Viccar, doth enioy, And the said
Lessee two thirds.
18° Octobr, 15° Caroli [1639], John Bridgeman, late Bushopp
of Chester, did make a Concurrant lease of all the aforesaid
OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. 173
Rectory and Parsonage of Llangeblicke [Llanbeblig], with
the appurtenances in the said County of Caernarvon, to
Hiighfforth, of the Citty of Chester, gent, To have and to
hould to him and his assignes from the ffeast of St. Michaell
the Archangel then last past before the date thereof, for and
dureing and unto the full end and tearme of One and
Twenty yeares, which said lease the then Deane and Chapter
of Chester did Confirme the said 18° Oct. 1639, under their
Scale used in like cases.
The decayed house and backside vaft p ann xxs.
ffebr. 7th, WM WEBB, 1655.
Ex4 J. BRADRY, Jo. DUNCALFE )
Register. RICHARD CROXALL J ^urvey°rs-
THE Impropriate Rectory of Lyttle Budworth, in the Little Bud-
Parrish of Over, in the County of Chester, was leased by John, £om.
Buslwpp of Chester, to Sr Rowland Edgerton, of the County Chester,
of Chester, knight and Barronett, 27° Decembr, in the yeare
of our Lord 1641, with all howses, Mansions, Tenements,
hereditaments, gleabes, Tythes, &c. thereunto belonging for
the tearme of three lives, (viz*), ST Rowland Edgerton,
Phillipp Edgerton, & Rowland Edgerton, younger sonnes to
Sr Rowland Edgerton, Payeing to the Bushopp and his Suc-
cessors the Rent of Twenty shillings yearely, at St. John
Baptist & St. Martin, by equall porcons, The said Sr Row-
land to keepe in Repaire all the howses and pay all dues
And find at his Charge a sufficient Curate, such as the
Bushopp shall approve of; And for non payment of Rent
(after 4Oty daies), it being lawfully demaunded, And noe
distresse upon the prmisses, to reenter.
This lease is voyde by Ordnance of Parliament ; They
clayme a tyme in a former lease, And that Sr John Edger-
tons life is yet in beeing in y* former lease, but they have
produced noe other but this last lease, and say the prsedent
lease was surrendered and connot be produced.
The said MT Phillipp Edgerton (as he saith) hath the
premisses in possession as Tennant by occupancy, his ffather
not haveing assigned the lease.
There is a Personage howse with some out-howses, but
1/4 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC.,
much out of repaire ; there is two Closes of Gleabe lands
about one Acre and a halfe, and about halfe an acre in the
Coinon feild that doth belong to the Personage-howse.
The Tythes aunciently have bine sett for 50" or 55U p
ann, never above 6ou ; And soe wee Conceive them to be
worth at present.
There is noe Constant Minister there at Little Budworth.
Sr John Edgerton, Barronett, sonne and heire of the said
ST Rowland yet liveing, was one of the lives in the fformer
lease, And soe it is recyted in the latter lease, and he Claymes
Interest in the same.
The howse and outhowses, with the appurtenances, and
the two acres of land, vallued p ann 4U, To be sould as in
possession.
ffebr. 7th, WILL. WEBB, 1655.
Exd J. BRADRY, Jo. DUNCALFE |
Register. RICHARD CROXALLJ b
Castleton^ THE tenth of Janury, in the 26th yeare of Hen. 8° [1535],
i?c^b? the Abbott and Convent of the late Surrendred and dissolved
Darby Monastery of Vale Royall, in the County of Chester, did
demise unto Sr Anthony ffitzherbert, knight, and to Thomas
ffitzharbert, and John ffitzliarbert, and John ffitzharbert, his
sonnes, the Rectory and Parsonage of Castleton, cu ptin with
all Gleabe, and the third part to the Viccar excepted and
reserved, Habend: for Seaventy yeares then next followinge,
payeing to the said Abbott, &c. Eleaven pounds at St. John
Baptist and Martelmas, by equall porcons.
8° Jan., 38° Hen. 8° [1547], the said Rectory and Advowson
was granted by the King \.ojohn, then BusJiopp of Chester, and
his Successors for ever ; And the said Bushopp, by his lease
beareing date 3° Aprilis, 5° Edward 6°, did graunt to George
Wilmesley, then of Chester, Cire, and Chauncellor to the said
Bushopp, the Advowson of the Viccaridge of the said Parish
Church of Castleton untill the end of the said Seaventy
yeares, As often as it should be void, And alsoe the said
Rectory and parsonage cu ptih (the third part of the said
Rectory cu ptin alwaies reserued to the Viccar) and alsoe the
OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. 1/5
Advowson, Habend to Mr Wilmesley imediately from the
day of the determinacon of the aforesaid lease made unto the
said A ntJwny ffitzJtarbert for Nynety Nyne yeares then next
following, The presentacon of the Viccar, dureing the said
Nynety Nyne yeares alsoe graunted to MT Wilmesley paye-
ing Eleaven Pounds p ann Att the aforesaid ffeasts; Mr
Walmesley is to repaire the Chancell, and the Bushopp is to
pay all annuall Rents, tenthes, first fruites, subsidies, bene-
volence Contribucons, and all other Charges, whatsoever
they be.
The Viccar of Castleton hath part of the Gleabe and the
third part of the Tythes of Corne, wooll, and lambe, and of
lead Ore which is lately recovered by lawe ; But noe tyth
hay.
Mr Edward Pegg, of Ashburne in the County of Darby
[Derby], and MT TJmlston Browne, of Hilsdale by Butterton,
in the County of Stafford, neere Leeke, have now the lease,
And they have two parts of all the Tythes, devided into three
parts, But noe tyth hay, And they have for the tyth hay a
rate, and hold part of the Gleabe.
Mr Pegg had above Seaven Stone of Wooll the last yeare
for his part, and five pound for tythe lambes. The Bishopps
Rent is graunted to Edall, a Chappell of Ease in the parrish
of Castleton, where Mr Wright is Minister, thirty three
shillings tenn pence p ann, And is paid to the King out of
the Tythes : the two partes of the Rectory payements In-
cluded is Eighty Pounds p ann. The Inhabitants of Edall,
in the Parrish of Castleton, pay neither Tyth Corne nor
hay ; but a rate tythe (as they Conceive it) about forty
shillings p ann. The now Minister of Castleton, MT Samuell
Cryer, of Glassupp [Glossop], hath noe tythe ore ; But it is
recoverable.
Mr Pegg did give Mr Broivne this yeare five pounds for his
part of Tythe Ore.
The Viccaridge is only out of lease, And the Viccaridge
howse out of Repaire. Lawrence Castle, late Viccar, lived in
the Viccaridge about two yeares since.
The Bushopp formerly presented the Viccar by the Consent
of the Lessees, But the lessees had the power.
Wee conceive the said Lessees ought to see the Viccaridge
1 76 SURVEYS OF LAND, ETC.,
howse left in repaire in respect they had the Viccaridge in
lease.
Exd J. BRADRY, Jo. DUNCALFE }
Register. RICHARD CROXALL J ~
Rectory of An Aditionall Suruey of the Rectory or Parsonage and
Viccarage of Boden [Bowdon], in the County Palatyne of
Chester. Chester, tending to the more perticular setting forth of the
Chester3 ° Gleabe lands belonging to the sayde Rectory and Viccarage,
with their distinct vallues upon Improvement.
Impr. value
Dorothy Holdes one Messuage or Tene- p Ann.
widd^Un- ment consisting °f three baies of A. R. £,. s. d.
derTenant. Building, with Barne, Stable, Orchard,
Garden, and yard, by estimacon . . 0:3 02 : oo : oo
One Close called the Barnefield, and
one Close called the barne Yard, and
one Close called the Henyeroste, and
one Close called the meadowe on the
backe of the howse, one Close called
the greate fflatt, and one other Close
called the lyttle blackfield, all Con-
teyneing by estimacon ..... \$a. or. 08 : 10 : oo
One Close called the rough hayes,
and one close Called the further
Marsh, and one other Close called the
Acre abutting East1 upon Dennis
ground and East1 upon Toppinges, All
Conteyneinge by estimacon . . . eg a. or. 05 : oo : oo
One Close called the hugcroft, abut-
ting west upon widdow Rowlynson,
and East upon Drinckwaters, Con-
teyneing by estimacon ..... oa. $r. co : 10 : oo
One other small close in Boden,
abutting west upon John Breretons
and East upon the lane, by Estimacon oa. 2r. oo : 06 : 08
16 : 06 : 08
So in original MS.
OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. 1 77
One Close called Batrich Eye, abut- Impr. vat p An.
ting sowth upon Drinckewater, north A. R. £,. s. d.
upon the Personage banke, Con-
teyneing by estimacon 3 : 2 : 02 : 10 : co
A parcell of ground Called Sander
banck, abutting south upon the River
Bollen and North upon the hanginge
feild, Conteyneing by estimacon . . 3 : 2 : C2 : oo : CO
One Close called hanging feild,
abutting south upon Sanders bancke
and north upon M'f Breretons, Con-
teyning by estimacon 3 : o : 02 : co : oo
One Close called the little Bensopp,
abutting south upon Bollen River,
North upon MT Breretons, by esti-
macon i : i : co : 18 : oo
One Close called honney meadowe
lyeing upon the southside of Bollen
River, abutting North and East upon
Bollen, by Estim 2 : o : 01 : 05 : CO
Nynelands in the Close called the
Eye brookes, Conteyneing by esti-
macon 8 .' o : 03 : 10 : oo
One Close called the Cowe acres,
abutting west upon/fardies, East upon
Gouldings, Conteyning by estimacon 2 : o : 01 : 05 : oo
One Close upon the Downes, con-
teyneing by estimacon 13 : O : 03 : oo : oo
Seaven Lands in the Churchfeild
and eight lands in the Hall hill, con-
teyneing by estimacon 1 3 : o : 03 : oo : co
Part of John Batons howse, (viz1)
of the Kitchen or the lower floare, the
StableandhalfetheCroft,byestimacon 0:0: o : 10 : o
Part of John Leatliers howse, and
Kitchen, and barne, being upon the
lands in Churchfields, Conteyneing
by estimacon o : o : 05 : O
Right of Turbery, in Bowdon
Mosse, accordinge to Custome.
N
SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC.,
Wm.wir- Holds a messuage or Tennement Impr. vat p An.
Xen'nant.er consisting of Two bayes, with a barne A. R. £. s. d.
and stable, A garden, a barne yarde,
wth two Crofts upon the back of the
howse abutting west upon the lane,
East upon Hollinworth, All Con-
teyneing by estimacon 3 : 3 : 4 : oo : oo
Two Closes called the Two seller-
feilds, abutting East upon the Vic-
carage lands and west upon the lane,
Conteyning by estima 9:0: 5 : 10 : oo
29 : 13 : oo
One Close called Batrich eye, abut-
ting South upon Bollen River, North
West on Gouldings, by estimacon . I : 3 : 01 : 10 : oo
One smale Close called the litle
Batrich eye, abutting North east upon
the Viccarage ground and North west
upon Gouldings, by estimacon . . . 1:0:00:18:00
Two Closes called the fflatts, abut-
ting East upon Hardnes land, west
upon MT Tippinge, by estimacon . . 5 : 2 : 03 : 05 : o
One Close called Castle hill, with
the banckes about it, and the litle
meadowe betwixt abutting south to
Bollen, north to the Mill hill, by
estimacon 4 : 2 : 02 : 10 : o
One Close called the Millfeild,
abutting west upon MT Breretons, East
upon part of the Castle hill, by esti-
macon 5 : O : 03 : oo : oo
One Close called the horse feild,
abutting North upon Mr Tipping,
south upon the Mill feild, by esti-
macon 3 : 2 : 02 : 03 : 04
A Close Called the Bowehaye, abut-
ting south upon the Thickett, north
upon Bowe lane, by Estimacon . . 6 : o : 03 : 10 : o
OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER.
179
Impr. vat p An.
£.
01
8 : o : 05 : oo
A Close called Bowecroft, abutting
south upon Bow lane, East upon Mr A. R.
Tappings lands, by estimacon ... 2:0
Three Closes above the Mill hill,
with the Cloughes or Thicketts be-
longing to them, rJy estimacon . .
One Close Called the Sand feild,
abutting west to the Millfeild, by
estimacon 2 : 2 : 01 : 15
One Close called the lesser Cowe-
feild, abutting East upon the greater
Cowfeild, west upon longe Acre, by
estimacon- 2 : o : 01 : 10
One close Called the Blackfeild,
abutting East upon Uttleach Croft,
west upon the lane, by estimacon . . 2 : o : 01 : 10
One Close called Hardye feild,
abutting East upon the lane, west
upon HollinwortJies ground, by esti-
macon ..."
One Close called the Marldhey,
abutting east upon the lane, west
upon haydyes ground, by estimacon .
d.
o
This Close
is ailed ged
to be St:
George
Booths
4 : 2
ovvne land,
and there-
fore left
unvallued
3 : o : 02 : 15 :
Q at present.
30 : ii : 04
A Close called Muncksacre, abut-
ting south upon Cowe acre, by esti-
macon 2 : o : 01 : 15 : co
Three Closes called three white
leaches, abutting North upon Syvip-
sons ground, sowth upon the lane, by
estimacon 4 : o : 02 : o^ : oo
Part of a close called the longe acre,
the other part belongeth to Mr Brere-
ton, by estimacon o : 3 : oo : 10 : o
Two lands and one head land in a
Close Called the Eyebrookes, by esti-
macon 2 : 2 : 01 : 15 : o
N 2
I SO SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC.,
Impr. vat p An.
Two Closes upon the Downes, by A. R. £. s. d.
estimacon 7:0:01:15: o
Three lands in the Church-feild and
one land in the Hall feild, both upon
the Downes, by estimacon . . . . 4:0:01:00: o
A Cottage in Boden [Bowdon], Con-
sisting of three bayes, with a Barne,
stable, yard, garden, orchard, and Croft,
abutting south to the Lane, north to
the Downes, by estimacon . . . . I : o : 04 : oo : oo
Right of Turberry in Boden [Bow-
don] Mosse according to Custome, as
alsoe the land of the Cofnon called
Boden [Bowdon] Downes.
jo.Dnnck- Holds one Cottage of three bayes,
der7enn«!" w*tn a barne, yard, and orchard, with
the hempecroft, by estimacon . . . I : o : 02 : oo : —
One Close behynd the Orchard,
bounding north to the Downes, south
to the orchard, by estimacon . . . 1:0:01:00:00
A Close called the Mosse hey, abut-
ting west to the Viccars lane and East
to Dennis ground, by estimacon . . 4 : o : 02 : oo : OO
A Close called Batrich Eye, abut-
ting East upon Bollen, north upon
•widdowe Sanders, by estimacon . . 1:2:01: 05: o
19 : 05 : oo
Another Close called the Batrich
Eye, abutting North upon MT Wir-
ralls and South upon Mr Breretons
land, by estimacon 2 : o : 01 : 10
One other Close called the little
Boden eye, upon the South side of
Bollen, by estimacon 1:0:00:15
Two Closes called the Russy Crofts,
abutting East upon Mr Wirralls
OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. l8l
Impr. vat p An.
ground, west upon the land, by esti- A. R. £,. s. d.
macon 4 : o : 01 : 10 : o
Two Closes called the white leaches,
abutting East upon MT Breretons,
west upon Mr Wirralls, by estimacon 3 : 2 : 01 : 05 : o
Seaven lands in the Eyebrookes,
by estim 6 : o : 02 : 10 : o
One land in the long acres, by
estimacon I : o : oo : 08 : —
One small Close called the little
wallbutts, abutting North to the lane,
South to Eye brookes, by estimacon o : 2 : oo : 06 : o
Two feilds, upon the Downes, by
estimacon 8 : o : 01 : 10 : o
Two lands, two headland? in the
Churchfeild, and three lands in the
Hall feild or hall hill, by estimacon . 5 : o : 01 : oo : o
Right of Turberry in Boden [Bow-
don] Mosse according to Custome and
right to the Comon upon Boden [Bow-
don] Downes.
Holds one small Cottage of two Rich- .
bayes wth a barne and fould, with an under'"'
Oven howse and a Croft behynde the tennt-
howse, by estimacon o : 2 : 01 : 10 : o
One Close called Batrich Eye (in
which Mr Brereton hath about one
roode, abutting east upon another
feild called Batrich Eye, by esti-
macon i : 2 : 01 : 07 : 06
One small parcell of ground in M T
Breretons Batrich eye, by estimacon . o : I : oo : 05 : oo
One close Called new bridge mea-
dow, abutting south upon Bollen,
and west to the lane, by Estimacon . 2:2:01:17: 06
15 : 14 : OO
1 82 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC.,
One Close lyeing in Bollington Impr. vat p An.
called Bollen meadowe, bounded with A. R. £. s. d.
Sr George Boothes land, by Esti-
macon - 5 : 2 : 03 : 10 : o
One Close called Cowe acre, abut-
ting North upon the lane, South upon
Mounckes Acre, by Estimacon . . 2 : o : 01 : oo : o
ffoure small Closes called the
Shaw-feilds, abutting North upon the
Downes, West to the Streete lane, by
estimacon 5 : 2 : 02 : 05 : o
Seaven lands in the Eye brookes,
byestima[c] 5 : 2 : 02 : 10 : o
One Close called the little Intack,
abutting North upon the Eyebrooke,
south to Gorsty hey, by estimacon . i : o : oo : 08 : o
One small Close called the little
Shawfeild, abutting North to the
Eyebrooke, East to the lane, by
Estimacon - - o : 2 : oo : 06 : o
One Close called the Marsh, abut-
ting North to the Downes, southeast
to Ashleyes, by estimation . . . . 4:0:01:10: o
The two Downe feild, by estimacon,
ffower lands in the Church feild, with
a small Cottage, by estimacon . . . 4:2:00:15: o
Three lands in the Hall hill, by
estimacon, part of the Cottage of the
Clearkes howse, (viz4) the Kitchen and
the Passage o : o : oo : 06 : 8
Right to the Turberry in Boden
[Bowdon] Mosse according to Custome,
and the right to the land of the Comon
upon Boden [Bowdon] Downes.
Peirson, Holds one Cottage, with a barne
under**' anc* varc^' ^7 estimacon 0:2:01:00:00
tenn1. One Close called Rycroft, abutting
west upon John Batons, and East
upon John Brereton, by estimacon . 2 : oo : 01 : 10 : o
OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. 183
One Close called Cowfeild, betwixt Impr. vat p An.
widdow Peirson and John Brereton, A. R. £. s. d.
abbutting west upon MT Wirralts
land, and East upon Mr Breretons, by
estimacon . 2 :O2 : 01 : 10 : o
18 : 12 : 8
A Close called the greate Lowe,
abutting East upon Mr Brereton, west
upon little lowe, by estimacon ... 4 : o : 02 : oo o
One Close called the Well Croft,
abutting East upon Ryecroft, South
upon the lane, by estima[c] .... o : 3 : oo : 08 : o
The Downes feild, betwixt widdow
Peirson and John Brereton, the one
halfe by estimacon I : 2 : oo : 05 : o
Right in the Turberry of Bowden
Mosse, according to the Custome,
with right to the Coinon of Bowden
Downes.
Holds one Cottage and part of a Jo.Brerc-
Barne, with a litle orchard and yard, tenn""'
with the hempe Crofte on the backe
of ye howse, by estima[c] .... o : 3 : 01 : 10 : o
Part of one Close called the greate
Cow feild, devided betwixt John
Brereton and widdow Peirson, abutting
East upon Sr George Booth, West
upon ye litle Cowfeild, by esti-
mation 2:2:01:15:0
One Close called the little lowe
feild, abutting East upon the greate
lowe, west upon longe Acre, by esti-
macon 03 : o : 02 : oo : oo
One Close called Utley Croft, abut-
ting West upon Mr Wirralls, East
upon/<?. Drinckwaters land, by esti-
mation 01 : O : 00 : 12 : 00
184 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC.,
The one halfe or moiety of the Impr. vai p An.
Downes feild, the other belonging to A. R. £. s. d.
ividdoiv Peirson, by estima[c] . . . o : 2 : oo : 06 : oo
The right in the Turberry of Boden
[Bowdon] Mosse, According to Cus-
tome, with a right to the Comon of
Downes.
08 : 16 : oo
Widdowe Holds one Cottage of two small
Rowlands, bayes. with a Croft upon the back of
under . . , .
tenn*. it, by estimation three roodes and
five butts of land, in a feild of M r
Tippings, by estimation, one acre in
all by estimation 01 : 3 : 02 : oo : oo
jo. Eaton, Holds one Cottage with a barne
undei
tenn*
under and Small Croft behynde it by esti-
mation o : o : 03 : oo : oo
Memoranda the lands and premisses before menconed,
together with the Tythes belonging to the said Rectory
(which have bine perticularly Certified in or first suruey of
the said Rectory) are held by Sr George Booth, of DunJiani
Massye, knight and Barronet. But the last lease of the said
Rectory taken by the said ST George Boothe beinge a lease
for three lives which are longe since defunct, wee have
returned the premisses in the Possession of the Comonwealth.
The Rent reserued upon this Rectory being nifty Pounds
p ann is thus Apporconed, viz* :
To the lands 14'' oos ood
To the Tythes 36 : oo : oo
In all £50 : oo : oo
June 23rd, 1654. WILL. WEBB. 1654.
Exd J. BRADRY, JOHN WHITWORTH )
Register. GEORGE SMYTH j
OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. 185
VICARIA.
It Consisteth of a Viccarage howse A. R. £. s. d.
thatched, of three bayes, with a Gar-
den place, a barne and stable, with
the barne yard, all by estima[c] . . o : 2 : 02 : 10 : oo
Two Closes called the two seller
feilds, butting south to Mr. Breretons,
East to the pease croft, by estimation 7 : o : 04 : oo : oo
One Close Called Pease croft, abut-
ting west to Seller feild, south to
Turbutts eye, by estimation . . . 2 : o : 01 : 10 : o
One meadowe Called Turbetts eye,
abutting north to pease Croft, South
to Bollin River, by estimation . . . 03 : 2 : 02 : 15 : o
Part of one Close called the huggle
to an old deth [? ditch] and soe by
meares bounded wth Sr George Soothes
land, by estimation o : 2 : oo : 06 : 8
Two parts of a Close called the
Hall bottome, the other part being
Sr George Boothes land, by estimation 03 : o : 02 : 10 : o
One Close called the barne yard,
west to MT Breretons land, east to the
barne, by estimation oo : 2 : oo : 06 : 8
One small Close called the Kill-
croft, by estimation oo : 2 : oo : 06 : 8
A Close called the Barne feild,
abutting west upon William Brereton,
East upon Sr George Boothes land, by
estimation 04 : 2 : 03 : OD : o
One Close called the little long-
feild, abutting upon the greate longe-
feild, North upon Mr Wirralls, by
estimation I : 2 : 01 : oo : o
One Close called Sr Ralphes Croft,
abutting South upon the River Bollen,
East upon Sr George Boot he, by esti-
mation . . . I : 0 : oo : 13 : 4
1 86 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC.,
One Close called the greate long A. R. £. s. d.
feild, abutting South upon the River
Bollen, north upon the little longe
feild, by estimation 10 . o : 06 : o : o
Right to the Turberry in Boden [Bowdon] Mosse, according
to Customs.
Md that in the forenamed Survey, wee have followed the
example of the Statute Acre, and not the Chesshire, which is
almost double.
Met the said Viccarage is reported to have bin leased by a
late Bishopp of Chester, and the lease thereof expired.
Exd J. BRADRY, JOHN WHITWORTH ) c
T,J . "L 0 [-Survey018.
Register. GEORGE SMITH j
Mottrum The Impropriate Rectory and Parsonage of Mottrum
[^Com.m] [Mottram], Langendale [Longdendale], in the County of
Chester. Chester, with all howses, barnes, gardens, Orchards, Gleabe
lands, and all maner of Tythes, and was leased by Thomas,
then Bishopp of Chester, to John Bradill [Braddyll] of Whallee
[Whalley], in the County of Lancaster, Esquire, (for the
tearme of three lives), viz* the said/0//« Briddill [Braddyll],
Ralph Ashton, sonne and heire of Ralph Ashton, of greate
Leaver [Lever], and John Ashton, sonne and heire to Radcliffe
Ashton, of Knacke dale,1 in the County of Lancaster, payeing
yearely to the said Bushopp and his successors the Rent of
Thirty eight pownds seaventeene shillings foure pence, att
the ffeast of Sl Marke and S* Martin the Bushopp, in Winter,
by equall porcons. And for non payement of rent within
three monthes after demaund to distreyne; the said John
Briddill [Braddyll] to repaire at his owne Costs and Charges
all howses and buildings belonging to the said Personage
with necessary repairacons (except greate tymber, slatt, stone
and wall, which the Bushopp is to find). The Bushopp is to
find a Minister, repaire ye Chancell, pay tenthes and Subsi-
dies, and all Charges ordnary and extreordnary, All which
by the lease bearinge date the 14th Octobr, 15° Jac. [1617-18],
doth more largely appeare. This lease was sould by the said
1 This must be Radcliffe Ashton, of Cuerdale, who died in 1644.
OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. 187
John Braddill unto Sr George Booth, knight and Baronett, And
by Sr George Booth conueyed to Collonell John Booth, a younger
sonne of Sr George Booth, who now is in possession thereof.
There is belonging to this Parsonage, a ffaire personage The
howse with Barnes and Stables much out of Repaire, with
some sixteene acres of Gleabe lands, worth about Twelve 16 acres
Pounds p ann.
The Gleabe and Tythes valued to be worth Coibus Annis
one hundred and nynety pounds, the Bishopps rent included.
There is now two lives in being, (viz1) Sr Ralph AsJiton, Bar-
ronett, aged about fforty foure yeares,/^«, Sonne QiRadcliffe
Ashton, aged about fforty two yeares.
There hath bine Constantly 2OU p ann allowed by the
Bushopp to the Minister that did officiate at Mottrum [Mot-
tram], And the residue of the rent is now graunted by the
Comittee of Plundered Ministers to Henry Hilbert} now the
present Minister there, togeather with the Arreares of Rent
from his Coming thether. The Parrish is Conceived to be
tenn Myles in lengeth and seaven myles in breadeth, and but
one Chappell within it called woodhead, And yt about Six
myles from the Church of Mottrum [Mottram], and hath no
meanes belonging to it.
There is these Townshipps within the Parish, viz4 Mottrum
[Mottram], Hatterslee [Hattersley],Godley, Matley, Newton,
Staley, Hollinsworth [Hollingworth], & Tynsell [Tintwistle].
li. s. d.
The howse with the appurtenances, p ann 05 o o
The Gleabe is valued before 1200
The reserued rent is apporconed, viz*
To the Lands 3U i/9 4d
To the Tythes 35 oo
In all . . 38 17 4
Feb. 7th 55, Wm WEBB.
Exd J. BRADRY, Jo. DUNCALFE 1 Suruevo™
Register. RICHARD CROXALL j
1 Hilbert in the original MS., but should doubtless be Hibbert.
1 88 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC.,
Arlecdon, The Impropriate Rectory and parish Church of Arlecdon,
Cumb. m tne County of Cumberland, was leased by John, BisJwpp of
Chester, 8° July, primo Carol! [1625], to Anthony Patrickson,
of ,l in the County of Cumberland, Esqre, togeather
with all Gleable lands and all other Tenements, meadowes,
woods, underwoods, Barnes, Orchards, Gardens, tythes, &c.,
ffor the tearme of three lives, (viz*) Joseph Pattrickson, sonne
of Thomas Pattrickson, Thomas Pattrickson, sonne of William
Pattrickson, and Thomas Dickessone, sonne of John Dixson,
of ffrizington [Frizinton], payeing to the Bishopp and his
successors the yearely rent of ffive pounds six shillings and
eight pence, at Ladyday and Michmas, by equall porcons.
And for non-payem* of the Rent within forty daies (if it be
lawfully demaunded) the Bishopp and his Successors to re-
enter, MT Pattrickson to find a Sufficient Minister, and to
repaire the Chauncell. The Bishopp to pay Tenthes and
Subsidies, Except two shillings p ann for synodalls, & thir-
teene shillings and foure pence p ann for procuracons. The
Rectory and Tythes are now in the occupacon of Mr Thomas
Salkill, of Widicar [Weddicar], which he houldeth in right
of his wife.
The whole Revenue of the said Rectory upon the racke
never sett for above thirty pounds p ann, And so wee
Conceive it to be worth, besides the Rent reserued to the
Bishopp. There is noe Minister there.
All the three lives are liveing and in health.
Exd J. BRADRY, Jo. DUNCALFE )
Register. RICHARD CROXALL j ~
Boulton in The Impropriate Rectory and Parsonage of Boulton in
[Boiton°ie-S tne Moores, in the County of Lancaster, with all howses,
Moors], in buildings, Gleabes, Tenements, Tythes, &c., was leased by
caster. *" George, then Bishopp of Chester, 23° Jan., 7° Jac. [i6io],unto
James Anderton, of Lostocke, in the County of Lancaster,
Esqre, for the tearme of Three yeares, payeing to the Bishopp
and his Successors the yearely Rent of Twenty six pounds
the first of November and the Twenty eighth of Aprill by
1 No doubt one of the Patricksons of Kirklinton Park, co. Cumberland.
OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. 180
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equall porcons. This Lease nor any Coppy was ever pro- q. whether
duced to us. There is but one life in being in that lease nowin6
aged aboue sixty yeares. Another lease is Claymed but being.
never shewed. The impropriacon is under sequestration,
the lessee being a papist in Armes and one that wee Cannot
meete with.
There is one Parsonage howse belonging to the personage
but there is severall Tenements of Gleabe lands held by
the Tennants under named, whose Tents are all menconed to
be out of Lease.
Alexander Leaver houldeth one Rl p Ann. Rack p An.
Tenement belonging to the Rec- £. s. d. £. s. d.
tory of Boulton, & payeth rent
p ann oo : 13 : 04 : 15 : oo : oo
Peter Brooke houldeth one Tene-
ment belonging to the Rectory of
Boulton, and paieth p ann . . . oo : 15 : 4^ : 18 : OD : oo
Roger ffoster houldeth one Tene-
ment belonging to the Rectory of
Boulton, and payeth p anfi . . . oo : 15 : 4^ : 18 : oo : oo
George Norris houldeth one
Tenement, belonging to the Rec-
tory of Boulton, and payeth rent
p ann oo : 06 : 08 : 08 : oo : oo
Ralph Askton houldeth one Acre
of Gleabe belonging to the Rec-
tory of Boulton, and payeth p ann . oo : 01 : oo : 01 : 10 : oo
02 : 1 1 : 09 : 60 : 10 : oo
The most of the Tythes of the parrish are either held
upon a rent by lease, or pay a rate Tythe from which they
prescribe Custome.
There is only two Towneshipps within the Parrish that
paieth Tythes in kynde, (vizt.) the one moieth of greate Boulton
for tyth Corne and hay worth p ann .10:00:00 10:00:00
And blackwood, which is worth p ann . . . . 30 : oo : oo
There is a rent paid by theise severall Towneshipps here-
after specifield, Many of the Tennants houlding by lease,
which Lease are thought to be expired. Others that pay
IQO
SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC.,
but a rate tythe, which by reason the distance of the habi-
tation of many that pay the rent Wee could not gitt truely
distinguished : —
The moiety of Tythe Corne and hay sett
forth in greate Boulton paieth p anfi . . .
The Towneshipp of Entwiste [Entwistle]
for Tythe Corne sett forth paieth p ami . .
Little Boulton, for tythe Corne set forth, p anfi
Halgh [Haulgh],for Tyth Corne set forth,
p anfi
Little Leaver [Lever], for tythe Corne sett
forth, p anfi oo
Toung[Tonge], for tythe Corne sett forth, p anfi
More, by Lawrance Bromlowe, for Tythe
Corne sett forth, p anfi oo
Breighmott [Breightmet], for tyth Corne, p anfi
Harwood,' for Tythe Corne, p anfi ....
Darcey Leaver [Darcy Lever], for Tythe
Corne, p anfi oo
Querton [Quarlton], for Tythe Corne, p anfi
Egworth [Edgeworth], for tyth Corne set
forth, p anfi oo
Tarton [Turton], for Tyth Corne, p anfi
Bradshawe, ffor Tythe Corne sett forth, p anfi
More, [by] Alexander Bradshawe, for Brit-
ties, for tythe Corne sett forth, p anfi . . .
Longworth, for tyth Corne sett forth, p anfi .
Runington [Rivington], for tythe corne set
forth, p anfi oo
Sharpies, for tythe Corne set forth, p anfi .
More, paid by Ward and Heaton, tythe
corne, p anfi oo
More, by Thomas Barton, for Tythe corne
for y* of the Demeasne Smethall, p anfi . .
Aldsagh,1 for Tythe Corne, p anfi ....
Lostocke, for tythe Corne, p anfi ....
ffoulds, for tythe Corne, p anfi oo
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OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. 191
In most of theise places the Tennants doe every yeere sett
forthe their Tythe Corne, but in some of them they doe not.
Theise Towneshipps that sett forth their tyth Corne, wee
Conceive, are such as hold their Tyth by lease.
There is a Viccarridge howse belonging to the Rectory,
with a little backeside and some few Cottages, but not worth
fforty shillings p ann.
The Viccar hath alsoe tenn pounds p anfi paid him by
the Lessee.
The whole Rectory of Boulton, if it were out of lease, were
worth p ann 2OO1', besides the Rent to the Bishopp and the
Tenn pounds to ye Viccar.
There is two honest Ministers there, who have order from
the Comittee of Plunder'd Ministers for one hundred pounds
p ann out of the Rectory and Bishopps Rent of Boulton,
and out of the Bishopps Rent in Childwell.
The Towne of greate Boulton paieth Tythe hay in kynde
to the Lessee.
The Manner of Tytheing, the Easter Rowle is as followeth :
Every howse one penny, every Garden one penny, one or more
henns ob,1 If they have any ground (except greate Boulton)
one penny, every Cowe and Calfe id ob, every sheepe with
wooll on his backe ob, every ffarrow Cowe one penny, every
fole one penny, every swarme of Bees one penny, every
sheepe laid to scowre in the winter, which is to be paid by
the occupier of the ground where the sheepe lye ob.
Oblacon money, every man and his wife two pence, every
widdowe one penny, every Comunicant ob.
Alterage at a Marriage if the women be of the parish
Eight pence, a Churchdale [churching] foure pence, Buryall
one penny. We find in Mr Andertons booke a coppy
of which things were taken by MT Harper, Viccar of Boulton.
These things were leased out; viz*, James Anderton, by
writing dated the 17° August, 42 Eliz. [1600], Covenants
that Peter Brooke shall enioy his Tennement of the Gleabe
from May the ffirst, 1599, for one and Twenty yeares.
The same James, by a writing of the same date, Covenants
with Christopher Longworth and Robert Norn's that they
1 Obolus = one halfpenny.
I Q2 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC.,
shall have the Tennement, late in the occupacon of George
Longworth, for the same terme. The same James A nderton,
by writeing dated the last of Octobr, 3/th Elizabeth [1595],
Covenanted! vfi&a Alexander Leaver, That hee, his Executors,
Administrators, and Assignes, shall have the Moiety of the
Tythe Corne and hay of Boulton for one and Twenty yeares
after the date thereof. James Anderton, by Indenture dated
i° Marcij, 5° Caroli [1630], Covenanteth with Richard Sharpies,
ats Ward, gent, and his assignes, that they have the tyth
Corne yearely aryseing out of the lands and Tennements of
the said Richard or his Under Tennants and theire privy e
Tythes, ffor one and Twenty yeares from the Easter ensueing,
payeing p anii to the Bishopp and his Successors six shil-
lings eight pence. Thomas Beaton paid fforty pounds to
James Anderton for the Moieth of the Tyth Corne and hay
of Boulton, to have the same for one and Twenty yeares from
1601. But noe lease made nor writeing. James Anderton
promised a lease to HugJi ffoster for his Tennement pcell of
the Gleabe for One and Twenty yeares from May 1 599, But
now was made only a note under Mr Andcrtons hand.
The Twenty six pounds reserved to the Bishopp, and the
Tenn pounds to the Curate, in all p anfi 36",
Is apporconed ; viz*,
To the lands . . . iou : oos : ood
To the Tythes . . . 26 : oo : oo
In toto . . . 36 : oo : oo
Dec. nth, WILL. WEBB, 1650.
Exa T. BRADRY, Jo. DUNCALFE ) c
T; V, \ Surveyors.
Register. RICHARD CROXALL )
Cartmeale THE Impropriate Rectory parrish Church and Parsonage
CoarntmLan- °^ Cartmeale, part of the late pryory of Cartmeale, in the
caster. County of Lancaster, with all Tythes, Barnes, Gleabe, and
Tythes, &c., Except woods and underwoods, and all tythe
hay, meale, and graine, which were rented to the Tennants
at the dissolution of the Priory, And was graunted by
Indenture of Lease dated the 5° Aprill, 7° Jac. [1609], from
OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. 193
George, then BisJiopp of Cliestcr, unto George Preston, of
Houlker, in the Parrish of Cartmeale [Cartmel], Esqre., for the
terme of three lives : viz*, his owne, Thomas Preston his sonne
and heire, and Christopher Preston his younger sonne, paye-
ing to the Bishopp and his Successors the Rent of ffifty five
pounds at Michmas and Lady day in the Pallace of Chester,
And for nonpayement of the Rent within forty daies, and
noe distresse to be found, the Bishopp or his Successors to
reenter; MT Preston at his owne Cost to mayntayne with
wages one or more sufficient Minister, And to keepe in
repaire all howses, barnes, and edifices belonging thereunto,
and alsoe the Chauncell of the Parrish Church. The Bishopp
to pay all pencons, &c.
There is belonging to the Parsonadge a Towre and Barne,
part of the saide Priory and three Tyth barnes, (viz1) God-
derside, ffloukborough [Flookborough] , and Alithwart [Allith-
waite]. There is fowre Chappells within the parrish. The
whole Revenue of the saide Impropriacon is worth p ann
fowrc hundred pounds. There is granted out of the Revenue
by the Comittee of Plunder'd Ministers theise severall
orders :
Viz1, to Cart meale [Cartmel] ffifty pounds p ann, to
Stanley Chappell fforty pounds p ann, to Cartmealefell
Chappell [Cartmel Fell] fforty pounds p ann, To Lyndale
fforty pounds p ann, ffluckborough [Flookborough] Chap-
pell, fforty pounds p ann. There is noe Constant Minister
at Cartmeale Church, there is in being by Lease two lives,
viz1, Thomas Preston, of Houlk [Holkcr], Esq1', aged fforty
three, And Christopher Preston, his brother, aged fforty, and
infirme. This Impropriacon at present is under sequestration
and hath not Compounded.
Ex'1 J. BKADRV, Jo. DUNCALFE ~|
Register. RICHARD CROXALL J ~
The Impropriate Rectory and parsonage of Childwell, in t:!lilll[vt'n
the County of Lancaster, part of the dissolued pryory of^jjji,,
Sf Thomas of Holland, in the same County, with the Tythes, Com.
Barnes, and all maner of howses, Edifices, lands, Tenements,
Hereditaments, Rents, Revercons, Seruices, tythcs, &c., was
o
194 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC.,
leased by John, BusJiopp of Cliester, to John Poole, of Poole,
in the County of Chester, Esquire, Roger Downe [Downes],
ofWardley,1 in the County of Lancaster, Esquire, Rookely,
of Rookeley, in the County of Yorke, Esquire, as by his
lease bearinge date the Seaventh of August, 1632, it doth
appeare, for the terme of three lives, (viz1), James Anderton,
sonne of Roger Anderton, of Birchley, in the County of Lan-
caster, Richard Massie [Mascy], sonne of Hamret [Hamlet]
Massie [Mascy],2 of Ribchester, in the County of Lancaster,
gent., William Blnndall, sonne of Nicholas Blundall, of
Crosbye, gent, payeing the yearely Rent of nifty seaven
pounds and foureteene shillings and foure pence to the said
Bishopp and his Successors, Att the Annunciacon of the
Virgin Mary, and S4 Michaell the Archangell, by equall
porcons. The Advowson of the Viccaridge reserued to the
Bushopp ; And the said Bushopp to defray all manner of
Charges, Ordinary and extreordinary.
This Impropriacon was lately in the possession of James
Anderton, a Papist, and now under sequestration for his
delinquency.
All the three lives are in being, the eldest not above thirty.
There is not any psonage howse that is certainly knowne,
only one the Viccar now liveth in, wch the parrish purchased
from the Earle of Darby, which hath about two acres belong-
ing to it, supposed formerly to belonge to the Personage.
There is three Tythe barnes belonging to the Impropriacon,
(viz4), Carton [Garston], Lea, and Wotton [Woolton].
There is alsoe a howse and an acre of land which is Gleabe,
and lyeth in Garton [Garston], and now in the occupacon of
ividdozu HitclnvortJi, And shee paieth Rent p anri Thirteene
shillings foure pence, and hath only her owne life in being.
There is also a close in haile [Hale], called Pryor hayes,
now in the occupacon of John Wisewall, And he paieth rent
p anri one shilling eleaven pence.
There is within the parrish these severall Towneshipps,
(viz1), Childwell [Childwall], Wootton [Woolton] Magna,
Wotten [Woolton] parua, Agburgh [Aigburth], Hayle-wood
[Halewood], and Hayle banTce^Halebank], and hayle [Hale]
1 Wardley Hall, in the parish of Eccles.
2 In the Herald's Visitations Hamlet Mascy is described as of Rixton.
OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. 195
Chappell, and Haylefteild [Halcfield],1 and Hutt Demeasne,
as alsoe Speake and Speakehall, Gerston [Garston], Avertoiv
and Waver tree [Wavertree].
The tythes of all these Towneshipps are estimated to be
foure hundred p ann Commuibus Annis.
The Viccar hath all the small Tythes, except such as
paye rate Tythe, which are these : Mr Lathum, of Allerton,
houldeth the tythe hempe and flax of Allerton and Garston,
and paieth rent p ann to the Viccar tenn shillings.
Mr Norris, of Speake, houldeth the Tythe of Pigge, goose,
hempe, and flax in Speake, Wootten [Woolton] Magna,
Wootten [Woolton] parva, and Pigg and goose in Garston,
and paieth sixteene shillings p ann.
M T Ireland, of the Hutt, houldeth tyth pigg, Goose, hempe,
and flax in Hayle, Hailebanke, and Haylewood Excepting
hempe and flaxe, from about ffourty howse, Alsoe piggs,
Goose, hempe, and flax in Childwell, Wavertree, and in
Allerton pigg and Goose, and paieth rent p ann to the
Viccar i1' 5s. The whole profitt of the Viccaradge being
estimated to be about 30" p ann, with all the smale Tythes
and Easter Rowle included.
Mr Elliston is now present Minister there, placed by the
Comittee of the County.
There is graunted out of the profitts of this Impropriation
by the Comittee of Plunderd Ministers these sumes followc-
ing, in augmentacon to the Ministers of ye Towncs undr
written : —
To Childwell, p ann 50"
To Hyton [Huyton] 50
To Hayle Chappell, p ann .... 40
To Boulton in the Moores, p ann . . 6ou
To Warrington So11
To Santley,3 p ann 4OH
To Ancher,4 p ann 40"
Ex'1 J. BRADRY, Jo. DUXCALFE )
Register. RICHARD CROXALL I
Q
1 Halebank and Halefield are not Townships.
- This should be Allerton.
3 Probably Sankey, in the parish of Prescot, is intended.
4 (2uc>y — Altcar.
O 2
196 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC.,
28 Sept : 1647.
Chipping The same Rectory or personage, with all messuages, Cot-
membrLhi tages> Gleabe and Demeasne lands, 20 Sept., 40 Elizabeth
Com. [1598], was Leased by Richard, Bishopp of Chester, to Robert
Sivindlchurst for his owne life, T/ioinas Swindlehurst, his
brother, and Richard Sii'indlehurst, the said Roberts younger
Cozen, and the longest liver of them. Richard is onely liveing,
aged ffifty seaven, and in health.
M''is Mary Harris, a Papist, now wife of CliristopJier Harris,
a Papist in Armes, is sole daughter and heire of the saide
Robert Swindlehnrst, the Lessee, and is yet liveing, But the
Rectory stande sequestred.
Mr Edzvard Parker, a Lawyer living at Brownsholme, in
Corn Yorke, hath the lease, intending to draue the said Robert
Swyndlehurst his will by it, but did it not before he dyed.
The Parrish Consists of Townes, viz1 Chippin [Chipping],
Thorneley [Thornley], Wheateley [Wheatley], &c.
There is a faire Parsonage howse and about five acres of
Gleabe, great measure, with liberty to gitt turbary, all wcb is
valued to be worth Seaven pounds p ann.
The aforesaid Richard Sivindlehnrst dwells in the house,
and claims all the Gleabe and Rectory by occupancy. And
hee hath assigned it to his sonne, Ralph ffarber, of Hayning,
in the County of Yorke, for money due. And the said Ralph
he hath assigned it to Mf Hugh Currall \Currer\ , of Bradford,
Clothier. But the Comittee for Sequestrations and their
deputies, M1' Charles Gregory, of Hastingdine [Haslingden],
and M'' Jo Jin Haivorth, neere Dunghall [Dunkenhalgh], three
myles from Whalcy [Whalley], -have sett the Tythes to
Captain Clement Toiunson, of Stakes,1 and they pay the Rent
of Twenty five pounds one shilling eight pence reserued to
the late Bishopp, (viz') ffifteen pounds one shilling eight pence
to the now Committee of Trustees and T rears [Treasurers]
for the sale of Bishopps lands, and tenn pounds residue to the
now Viccar, Mr John King, instituted and inducted. And the
27° August, 1647, Mr King had an order from the Comittee
of Plundered Ministers to receive nifty pounds p ann more
1 Stakes is now a Farm-house ; it is about 3 miles from Chipping,
and on the Yorkshire side of the Border.
OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. 197
out of the profitts of the Impropriate Rectory of Chippin
[Chipping] sequestred from the said Mr Harris.
I conceive the howse and Gleabe, with the appurtenances,
may be well worth Twelve pounds p ann, And according to
that rate I doe aporcon the reserued rent, viz* :
To the lands . . . . 02 : 1 1 : 08
Tythes 22 : 10 :
In all ... 25 : 01 : 08
ffebr. 7th. WILL. WEBB. 1655.
The late Bishopp did present the said Viccar.
The Personage howse, Gleabe, and Rectory was worth to
be lett upon the racke before the warres One hundred Twenty
six pounds Sixteene shillings eight pence p ann, all paye-
ments included ; viz* the Towne of Chippin Eighty pounds
p ann, out Townes Twenty six pounds, Easter booke foure
pounds, wooll foure pounds tenn shillings, lambes Two
poundes, Calues one pound tenn shillings, Geese one pound
six shillings eight pence, Eggs five shillings, piggs five shil-
lings ; the Personage howse, Gleabe, & Turbury, iu p ann ;
q. w* Chappells of ease & meanes, and alsoe the Tythes of
Bradley Hall, a member of Thorneley, yet in lease to Robert
Bonlton at 31' p ann be not forgotten.
Exd J. BRADRY, Jo. DUNCALFE )
J >
Register. RICHARD CROXALL j
The Impropriate Rectory and personage of Ribchester, in Rochester
the County of Lancaster, with all the Tythes, land, and
Hereditaments there unto belonging, was in the 2oth day of
June, i° Jac. [1603], leased by Richard, then Bishopp of
Chester, unto John Deiuc/uirst, of Dewhurst, in the County of
Lancaster, gent., John Sherlnmic, of the same County, gent.,
Henry Heyhnrst, Sonne and heire apparrant of John HeyJnirst,
of Heyhurst in Button, in the same County, gent., Hugh
Seede, of Chesbanke, within the Towneshipp of Ribchester,
within the said County, yeoman, Thomas Dndcll, of Alston,
in the said county, yeoman, and Ralph Ratcliffc, of Dil-
198 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC.,
worth, in the said County, yeoman, Excepting one Tene-
ment or Cottage then in the occupacon of the viccar of
Nextros for the terme of three lives, (viz*) the life of the said
John Sherbttrne, William Dewhnrst, Sonne and heire of John
Dewhurst, of Dewhurst, in the County of Lancaster, yeoman,
and Tlioinas Cottam, Sonne and heire of John Cottam, of
Heyhouse, ats Hayhouse, in Dilworth aforesaid, yeoman, and
for the longest liver of them, yeilding and payeing to the
said Bishopp and his Successors the yearely Rent of Thirty
nyne pounds sixteene shillings six pence at the Nativity of
John Baptist and the Nativity of our Lord by equall porcons.
And for non payment of Rent after the space of two monthes
(it being lawfully demaunded) The Bishopp and his Suc-
cessors to reenter. The Bishopp is to find a Minister there
dureing the tyme at his owne Charge, And alsoe to free the
Tennants and Inhabetants of the said parrish from all Sub-
sidies, ffifteenes, tenthes, Synodals, and procuracons, and all
taxes, lays, imposicons, or payements which may any wayes
become due by reason of the said Personage or Rectory, or
any part thereof ; And that the tennant shall have sufficient
howseboote, ffireboote, ploughboote, and hedgeboote in and
upon the premisses, for necessary reparacons, maintenance,
uphoulding, and fenceing thereof. The Tennants to mayn-
tayne the premisses, chauncell, &c., with hedgeing, ffenceing,
and ditching the same, And soe to leave it at the end of the
said tearme, And in the meane tyme to Cutt downe noe
greate timber trees without lycence of the said Bishopp or
his Successors, Except for necessary reparacons of the pre-
misses or some part thereof.
The Impropriate Rectory is now held by Richard Sherbit me,
of Stonyhurst, in the County of Lancaster, Esq., who is Lord
of the Manner ; there is one life in being only, vizt. Mr John
SJierburne, aged seaventy three yeares.
There is belonging to the Parsonage a ffaire Parsonage
house built with bricke and one barne, about ffive bayes in
good repaire ; there was another barne of about eight bays,
which is blowne downe about three yeare agoe and not yet
built againe, most of the tymber lost.
There belongeth to the Personage about one hundred acres
of land, and about Twenty of it is woodland, In which both
OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. 199
tymber and underwood is much destroyed since theise late
troubles. The Gleabe and house have beene worth in the
best tymes sixty pounds p ann. There is alsoe three
Tenemts and Twelve Cottages more which belong to the said
Rectory and Personage.
There is belonging to the parrish ffive Towneshipps,
vizt., Ribchester, Dilworth, Howston [Alston], Veeresee,1 and
Dutton ; the tythes of the said parrish have beene estimated
worth Two hundred and fifty pound p anil, besides the
gleabe and Tennants rents, but they are now held by the
Tennants dureing the lease.
The Minister hath power to ffish, soe far as the Gleabe
land goeth, but there is not any benefitt made of it.
The Bishopp hath alwaies allowed twenty markes p anii
towards a Minister out of the rent ; they are at present
without any Minister, only hire soe often as they can, And
pay the Minister soe farre as the Twenty markes will goe,
and make up the rent of theire owne purses. There was one
Mr Harley Curate there, but was put out by the Committee
of Divines in Lancashire for his insufficiency and being
scandalory in his life and Conuersacon.
The Perticuler of the Gleabes and of the Tennemts and
Cottages as followeth upon the Racke.
The herbage of the woodland to be worth £. s. d.
p anil 04 : oo : oo
One pasture of Gleabe called Cow Close,
consisting of eight acres, valued p ann . . . 03 : 06 : 08
Another pasture Called greate Carr, con-
sisting of tenn acres, valued p ann . . . . 06 : oo : oo
One close Called litle Carr, consisting of
five acres, valued p ann 02 : 1 3 : 04
One close called Curden Hey, consisting of
Twelve acres, valued p ann 06 : 10 : oo
One meadowe called greate Meadowe, con-
sisting of six acres, valued p ami 07 : 10 : oo
One close Called the Dogbotham, consisting
of Seaven Acres, valued p ann 05 : 10 : oo
1 This must be intended for Hothersall.
200 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC.,
One close called Horse Roane, consisting of £. s. d.
three Acres, valued p anii 03 : 05 : oo
One Close called Parratt, consisting of foure
Acres, valued p anfi 02 : 10 : oo
41 : 05 : oo
One other close Called Marybone close,
conteyneing foure acres, valued p anfi . . . 03 : oo : oo
The waste about the Personage, estimated
to be above Seaven Acres, valued p anfi . . 04 : 10 : oo
One close Called Witridding, by estimacon
foure acres, valued p anfi 04 : oo : oo
Two Closes Called Create Eyes and Litle
Eyes, consisting of nyne acres, valued at p anfi 07 : 1 5 : oo
19 : 05 : oo
41 : 05 : oo
In toto: 60 : 10 : oo
One Tenement in the occupacon Rent p Ann. Rack Rent,
of John Seedc, by estimacon Eleaven £. s. d. £. s. d.
acres, and he payeth p anfi . . . oo : 16 : 04 06 : 13 : 04
One other Tenement in the occu-
pacon of Edward Scede, estimated
about Eleaven acres, payeingp anfi oo : 16 : 04 06 : 13 : 04
One Tenement called Cutber
Tenement, in the occupacon of
Elizabeth Cottam, estimated about
Eleaven acres p anfi oo : 16 : 04 06 : 13 : 04
20 : oo : oo
COTTAGES.
RicJiard Heyhurst, for viccaridge
ground where the Viccaridge howse
stood, p anfi 00:01:00 oo : 06 : 08
Edmond Wood, one Cottage,
payeing p anfi oo : 02 : oo 00:10:00
OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. 2OI
Rent p Ann. Rack Rent.
Edward Heyhurst, One Cottage, £. s. d. £. s. d.
payeth p ann oo : oo : 02 oo : 03 : 04
TJiomas Duehurst, one Cottage,
p ann oo : oo : 06 oo : 06 : 08
Percivall Duehiirst, one Cottage,
p annu oo : or : oo oo : 05 : oo
Richard Heyhurst, one Cottage,
p ann 00:03:04 00:13:04
TJiomas Boulton, one Cottage,
p ann oo : 04 : 02 01:00:00
Richard Cowell, one Cottage with
the appurtenances oo : 05 : oo oo : 06 : 08
Mr Brooke, one Cottage, p
ann 00:11:00 02 : oo : oo
Arthur Soiverbutts, one Cottage,
& paieth oo : 05 : 03 oo : 13 : 04
Joseph Hanson, one Cottage, &
payeth oo : 05 : oo oo : 10 : -
John Berliffe de Francis Greene,
one Cottage oo : 09 : 04 01:00:00
William RibcJiester, one Cottage oo : 07 : oo oo : 13 : 04
Richard Norcrosse, one Cottage oo : 06 : 08 oo : 13 : 04
George Reade, one Cottage . . oo : 07 : 04 oo : 13 : 04
James Read, one Cottage, paye-
ing oo : 19 : oo 02 : oo : —
Robert Mychell, one Cottage,
payeing oo : or : 02 oo : 05 : oo
Jeffrey Shargle, one Cottage,
payeing 00:06:03 00:13:04
12 : 13 :04
All the Cottages have some Garden, Orchard, or small
parcell of Ground belonging to them ; theise pay noe
Herriotts to the Lord but the Rents at Midsomer and
Christmas.
The Bishopp presents the Viccar, and hath alwaies allowed
him as is before menconed.
Totall of the Gleabe . 93 : 03 : 04
202
SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC.,
The Tymber that bclongeth to the Personage of Ribchester,
now groweing in Carrewood.
Thirty one trees vallued at Twenty shillings
a tree 31
Eighty one Trees valued at tenn shillings
p tree
Thirty Seaven Trees valued at 75. p tree
Seaventy nyne trees valued at five shillings
p tree
ffoure trees valued at three shillings p tree .
Twenty Nyne Poles vallued at two shillings
p pole
Thirty Six poles valued at one shilling p pole
Eighty eight poles valued at six pence p pole
The Personage and Teniits hovvses are to have tymber for
their repaire out of the aforesaid wood.
This Survey haveing bin returned about three yeares and
the life then Seaventy three yeares of age,
q. whether now alive.
The Rent of Thirty Nyne pounds Sixteene shillings and
Six pence
Is apporconed — li. s. d.
To be sould with the Lands . . 10 : 16 : 06
To remayne upon the Tythes . 29 : oo : oo
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Exd J. BRADRY,
Register.
WILL. WEBB. 1650. Dec. uth.
Jo. DUNCALFE ) „
RICHARD CROXALLiSurvey°r
The Man- A Survey of the Rectory and Mannor of the Rectory of
R0ectorye0f Cottingham, with the rights, members, and appurtenaunces
Getting- thereof lyeing and being in the County of Yorke, late par-
cell of the possessions, or late belonging to the Bishopp of
OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. 203
Chester, and taken by us whose names are hereunto sub-
scribed in the moneth of ffebruary, 1653, by vertue of an Rec* this
Order from the Honorable Comittee of Trustees for Sale of JJth flfebl "•
Bishopps lands dated the Twentieth of January, 1653.
The Rents Due from the Copyholders within £. s. d. \ide
the Towneshipp of Cottingham holding of the y^end of
said Manner by ffynes Arbitrary according to this sw-
the Custome thereof, and payeable at Penti-
cost and Martinmas, are p anil 01 : 14 : 06
The Court Barren and Court Leete ffynes
and amerciaments of Courts, post fynes, fynes
upon Discent or alienacon, and all other profitts
and perquisites within the aforesaid Manner to
the Royalty thereof appertayneing, wee esti-
mate to be worth, Coibus Annis 01 : 06 : 08
Sume Totall of the said Rents and Royal-
tyes p anii 03 : 01 : 02
All that Capitall Messuage or Tene- A. R. £. s. d.
ment Comonly Called the Parsonage
howse, scituate in the Towne of
Cottingham, built of bricke and Tym-
ber Covered with tyle, Consisting of
a Hall, a Parlour, a Kitchin and two
other lower roomes, five Chambers,
one Garret, all in reasonable good
repaire, with a large Barne Covered
with Strawe, a Stable, Garnar, and
Oxe howse, covered with Tyles, a
brewe howse and hay howse, with two
other Small howses of Office and
two Small Tenements in the Occu-
pacon of James Scales and widdowe
Richardson, a ffold yard, together
with an Orchard, Garden, and one
small Close of Pasture ground, all
adjoineing on the said Buildings on
the North and West, Conteyneing
altogether by estimacon .... 6 : o 08 : oo : oo
204 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC.,
All those Two closes of Gleabe, A. R. £. s. d.
Meadow, or pasture ground comonly
Called the Peightills, adjoineing on
Salt Inge Lane on the North, and a
parcell of ground Called Collcrofts,
and the lands of Sir John Barrington,
on the South, Conteyneing togeather
by estimacon 21 : o 14:00:0x3
ffowre Oxeganges of Arrable Gleabe
land lyeing promiscuously disperst in
the fower Towne feilds of Cottingham,
Conteyneing al togeather by estimacon 57 r 3 10 : oo : oo
Meadowe ground lyeing in the
Inge Called Iglemarr, viz1 :
On the West Side thereof, in the
longe Dales, one parcell Conteyneing
by estimacon 04 : 2 01 : 13 : 04
One other parcell of Meadowe
lyeing towards the East side of the
said longe Dales, Conteyning, by es-
timacon 04 : 2 02 : 05 : oo
Gleabe in the Townshipp of Wil-
lerby, viz4 —
One small Close of Meadowe or
pasture ground adioyneing on a Te-
nement and Garth in the occupacon
of William Palmer on the West,
Conteyneing, by estimacon . . . .01:0 00:18:00
And one small land of Arrable
lyeing in the East feild of Willerby,
Conteyning, by estimacon . . . . oo : 2 oo : 02 : oo
Totall of Acres . . . 95 : 01
Suma Sumar of all the Mannor parte . . . 39 : 19 : 06
The Tythes of Corne and hay, wool and
lambe, and all other small Tythes whatsoever
within the severall Towneshippes appropriate
to the Rectory of Cottingham, wee estimate
to be worth Cofh1ms Annis 270 : oo : oo
OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER.
205
REPRIZES.
There is issueing out of this Rectory, and li. s. d.
payeable to the Receiver every ycare at
Christmas, only for Tenthes 10 : 13 : 04
There is alsoe issuing out of this Rectorie
for havers1 and Threaues3 at thannunciacon
and Michmas p ann 06 : 13 : 04
There is alsoe issueing and paid out of this
Rectorie an Obijt Rent, at Michaelmas only,
p ann OO : 06 : 08
There is alsoe issueing out of this Rectory
and payeable to the Manner of Richmond,
at Michaelmas only oo : 01 : 06
Memorand: the Lord hath noe Comon of Pasture in the
Common of Cottingham appurten* to the said Rectory or
Mannor.
Heere followeth a Particuler of the Coppyhold rents due to
the Lord of this Mannor, the severall Sumes Charged upon
the Coppyholds answering to the grosse sume in the first
page of this Survey.
Inprimis Mf Bryan Turner for the Cot-
tages
George Wintringhain one Cottage . . .
Marke Rydsdalc one fourth part of a
Cottage
Roger Baily three fourth partes of one
Cottage
Sr Phillipp Stappletons heire one Cottage
Thomas Almond one Cottage oo
Wm Wilkynson one part of a Cottage . .
William Rawling for part of a Cottage . .
MT Ralph Smyth one Cottage
William Sykes for one parte of a Cottage .
1 Havvers is a local word for oats.
• A threave is a pile of sheaves; 12 sheaves of straw equal one
threave.
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SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC.,
Rich. Thompson and Robert Anderson for
one Cottage
MT Hugh Lister one Cottage oo
John Recde for one Cottage & one acre of
meadowe oo
William Robson halfe one Cottage . . .
Thomas Moreton one Cottage and one Butt
Widdoiv NortJins one Cottage oo
George Lockewood one part of a Cottage .
Peter Wryde one part of a Cottage . . .
Rich. Burton one Acre & a halfe of
meadowe oo
Elisabeth Knipe one Acre of meadowe . .
Ellinor Harwood for two acres of meadow
Tho. Almond one acre & a halfe of mea-
dowe
Tho. Almond one acre of land, arrable . .
George Reede one Cottage in the Thwaite
Sin Totall
Examined ye loth day of
ffebr., 1653, by us,
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Extl J. BRADRY,
Register.
JO. DUNCALFE )
RICHARD CROXALL /
ors.
Easingwould [Easingwold] Rectory and Manner cum memb
in Com. Ebor.
The Bishopp of Chester, by Lease dated
the one and Twentieth of July. 18° Jacobi, did
Demise to Mr William Drefield the Rectory
and Parsonage and Mannor of Easingwould
[Easingwold], Except the Gleabe and Tythes
in Raskill [Raskelf] and Kirby, ffor three
lives : viz1, Ursula Dryfield, wife of the said
William, and their two sonnes, Thomas and
William, All liveing and in health, payeing p
OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. 2O?
ann, at Martlemas and St. Marke, by equall £. s. d.
porcons 25 : 13 : 04
Rent apporconed, viz*,
Lands 05'' : 13* : 04'*
Tythes 20 : oo : oo
25 : 13 : 04
W»i WEBB. 1651.
The 1 6th May, 16° Car., the said Bishopp did demise to
Sr Roger Jaqucs, knt., one messuage called the Arch Deacons
house cu ptin, with two Oxganges of land in Raskill
[Raskelf], within the parish of Easingwould, And all the
Tyth Corne and hay arising within Raskill [Raskelf] and
Rascon Grange, for three lives, viz1, William Jaqncs, John
Jaques, and Elisabeth Jaques, All liveing and in health,
payeing at Martlemas and Pentecost, by equall porcons,
Eleaven pounds p ann to the late Bishopp. It is worth
upon the racke one hundred pounds p ann. Sr Roger Jaqncs
estate is sequestred, the estate surrendered, and the whole
is graunted to1 by Sr Roger upon his Compositon at Gold-
smiths hall, to Gent[lemen] in trust to Alderman
and others, for the maintenance of ye Ministers of Raskill
[Raskelf] and Thuske.
This messuage and the two oxeganges of li. s. d.
land with their appurtenances is vallued at . 06 : 13 : 04
WILL WEBB. 1654.
To be sould in present possession Nov. i/th, 1654.
The ;th Martij, 1637, The said Bishopp did demise to
Thomas Caley the Rectory of Kirby Chappell cu ptin, in the
parrish of Kirby Chappell cu ptin, in the parrish of Easing-
would [Easingwold] aforesaid, for three lives, viz*,
1 The original is exactly as here printed : the word by should be omitted.
208 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC.,
Rent Elisabeth Caley aged Twenty, Anne Rockley aged sixteen c,
lis. d. and /^//^j Caley aged sixteene, all liveing, payeing to the
poreoned. late Bishopp at Martlemas and Marke, by equal 1 porcons:
Lands o : 13 : 04
Tythes 2 : oo
WILL WEBB. 1654, Nov. 17.
The Rectory upon the Racke is p anfi 32 : oo : oo
Out of which the said Mr Caley paies ye
Curate at Kirkby Chappell, p anfi . . . 07 : oo : oo
There is belonging to this Rectory one
small Cottage, Barne, and backsyde, with
divers small parcells of land, lying dis-
persed in severall places, conteyneing alto-
gether, by estimacon, Six Acres, worth
p anfi 03 : 06 : 08
Nov. 1 7th, 1654. WILL WEBB. 1654.
The said Bishopp did present the viccar of Easingwould
[Easingwold], and the same Viccar fynds a Curate at Ruskill
[Raskelf] in the same parrish ; And the Bishopp presents a
Curate to Kirby Chappell, being alsoe a Chappelry within
Easingwould parrish.
The Viccaridge Tythes at Easingwould, before Galtree
[Galtres] fforrest was disforrested, were worth in wool,
lambe, and other small Tythes, neere Eighty pounds p anfi,
nowe lesse by ploweing, but wilbe more when the groundes
are stocked, for they are not fitt for Corne.
The Viccar of Easingwould [Easingwold] hath now added
to his meanes Twenty five pounds thirteene shillings and
foure pence out of Easingwould [Easingwold], formerly the
Bishopps rent, and Twenty foure pounds out of Nafferton, in
the County of Yorke, formerly belonging to another Bishopp.
Hee, the saide Viccar of Easingwould, allowes the Curate at'
Raskill [Raskelf] p anfi all the small tythes (saveing wooll
and lambc, which are worth above tenn pounds p anfi.
OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. 209
Easingwould Rectory hath belonging to it a ffaire howse,
and Dovehouse cu ptifi in good repaire, with fforty acres of
Gleabe in the ffeild, and now out of the fforrest fforty Acres
of Inclosure, and fforty Acres in Coppyholds of Inheritance
in the towne in divers hands, with liberty to hold a Court
Barren.
The fforty Acres of Gleabe and the ffortie li. s. d.
acres of fforrest Inclosed, valued together (as
the Coppyhould lands) at six shillings eight
pence p acre, cometh to p anii 26 : 13 : 04
The howse, Dovehouse, and appurtenances,
p ann 04 : 06 : 08
The Rents of the Coppyhoulders p ann . . oo : 13 : lOj
The perquisites and profitts of Court, valued
Comibus Annis oo : 01 : oif
Totall 31:15:00
The Rectory leased to MT Dryfeild was let fforty yeares
since for loo11 p ann, now it is worth one hundred and ffifty
pounds p ann, the Bishopps rent included ; the Coppy-
holders fforty Acres is now worth six shillings eight pence
p Acre upon the Racke, they pay but thirteene shillings tenn
pence farthing rent p ann ; And small ffynes as followeth :
Note, that soe many Acres as every man had in the
Comon ffeild he hath assigned him out of the fforrest now
inclosed to himselfe in liew of his Coinon.
By the Custome upon every alienacon or discent for a
Messuage there is six shillings paid to the ffarmer of the
Rectory.
ffor a ffyne for a Cottage three shillings, ffor an Acre of
land eightpence ; And every widdowe, dureing her widdow-
hood and life, hath the thirds of the Coppyhoulds which
her husband enioyed.
One of the decrees about Galtree [Galtres] fforrest was
made in the Excheqr 19° Novembris, vjto Cafoli [1630], Sr
Robert Heath theri Attorney gerilall.
By the said decree the Townshipp of Easingwould [Easing-
wold] and Huby, there was likewise alowed all those severall
parcells of wast ground, part of the Demeasnes of Waste
P
210 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC.,
belonging to those Manno™ As the same were pricked and
lyned out in the plott or Mappe of the Demeasnes of Easing-
would [Easingwold] and Hubie [Huby], according to the
bounds thereof: That is to say, to the Townshipp of Easing-
would [Easingwold] one thousand seaven hundred seaventy
six Acres, and to the Towneshipp of Huby Eight hundred
eighty eight acres, which said respective allotments were
made and assigned out by direction of the said Coiers with
assent of the better sorte of the Tennants and Inhabitants
of the said Towneshipps, As by the said former Decree
(expressing the Particular meats and boundages thereof) at
large appeareth, under the yeerely Rent reserued to his
Matie of Twenty Shillings : That is to say, of the Townshipp
of Easingwould [Easingwold] thirteene shillings foure pence
And of Huby six shillings eight pence.
And whereas in the allottments formerly assigned to the
Townshipp of Easingwould [Easingwold], Huby, and Sutton,
there were noe provision made by the former Submissions
for the respective apporconing of those allottments how
much thereof should be enioyed with an Oxgange of land ;
How much with Meadow and pasture, which is held under
a distinct rent from the Oxgange; And how much the
Tennants and Cottages unto which noe land belongeth.
Thereupon for preventing of future questions and Incon-
veniences the said Commissioners did thincke fit and soe did
order, with assent and approbation of the better sort of the
Tennants of the said Towneshipps ; That one full third
part of the allottments in parts to be devided both in quantity
and quallity should be conveniently allotted and sett out for
the Tenements and Cottages within the said Towneshipps
in equall proporcons respectively ; And ye same to be for
ever enioyed therewith accordingly ; And that the other two
parts be layed out and enioyed, with the auncient Oxganges,
lands, pastures, and meadowe grownds belonging to the said
Townshipps of Huby and Sutton, only without any dis-
tinguishing of Comons Clayme or alteracon of proporcon
whatsoever. There appeareth small difference in quantity
betweene the said Oxganges and Meadowe grounds belong-
ing to the said Townshipps. And for as much as the Oxe-
ganges of land and meadowe ground belonging to the
OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. 211
Towneshipp of Easingvvould [Easingwold] were two distinct
houldings and of much different quantityes, It was therefore
ordered by the said Comissioners, with the assent aforesaid,
That the Oxeganges of land belonging to Easingwould
[Easingwold] should hould and enioye two parts of the
respective allotments in three parts to be devided assigned
out of the Towneshipps aforesaid, out of which they should
allowe to every acre of Meadow which is houlden by a
distinct Rent from the saide Oxeganges, One full third part
as much both in quantity and quallity as shall be propor-
conably upon Devision thereof, to every acre of Oxeganges
lands and noe more. And those agreements to be respec-
tively obserued and performed According to the true intent
and meaneing thereof without any alteracon or by respect
whoever.
Exd J. BRAURY, Jo. DUNCALFE ) _
Register. RICH. CROXALL } Surveyors.
Within the parrish of Kirby Ravensworth there are Kirby Ra-
sixe Townes and Hamletts called Kirby hill, Ravensworth, ven
Washton [Whashton], Gailes [Gayles], Doulton [Dalton],
part of New fforrest, besides three parts of Newson [New-
sham]. The lease from John, late BisJiopp of Chester, beares
date the Twelueth of Octobr, 1637, And was made to
Mr Gyles Parker for his owne life and the lives of Anne his
wife and Anne his daughter. Gyles Parker is dead, Anne,
his late wife, liveing and in health, marryed to Mr Jackson, a
Minister, aged thirty nyne ; Anne, her daughter, Sickly, aged
about Thirteene. There hath bine formerly a greate Auncient
howse and a Dovehouse, with Barnes and Stables now
decayed. The Gleabe Land, devided into foure Closes, is
lett for Seaventeene pounds a yeare. The Gleabe land and
the whole Rectory are worth to be lett p ann upon racke
one hundred seaventy pounds, Out of which is paid to
St. Maryes in Yeorke Two pounds five shillings foure pence
p ann. And the late Bishopp of Chester his Rent was
Twenty five pounds five shillings foure pence p ann ; And
out of the said Rent the Bishopp did allowe to the Curate
Tenn Pounds p ann. The Bishopp from tymc to tyme did
present the said Curate, But the Curate received noc Tythes,
p 2
212 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC.,
only the Benefitt of Marriages, Christnings, Churching, and
Bury alls.
The howse, Barnes, and Stables, with the li. s. d.
appurtenances, valued p ann at 05 : oo : oo
The land as lett abovesaid, p ann . . . . 17 : oo : oo
In all . 22 : oo : oo
The Rent is apporconed, viz1 : — li. s. d.
To the lands, p ann . . . . 02 : oo : oo
To the Tythes 23 : 05 : 04
25 : 05 : 04
The Two pounds five shillings & foure pence p ann
payeable to St. Maries to stand Charged upon the Tythe
and the Apporconed rent thereof.
ffebr. 7th. WILL. WEBB. 1655.
Exd T. BRADRY, Jo. DUNCALFE ) _
Register RICH. CROXALL j Surveyors.
Patricke The 14° October, 15° Caroli [1639], John, late Bishopp of
[Patrick™ Chester, did demise the Rectory or Parsonage and the Parrish
Brompton] Church of Patrick Brampton [Brompton] for the life of
York™' Jcwies Darcey, Esf, aged Twenty Eight, Henry, the Sonne
of Mr Henry Darcey, his brother, aged Thirteene, Thomas,
Sonne of MT JoJin Stillington, of Cafield, aged thirteene, all
liveing, payeing Thirty six pounds p ann by equall porcons
att Candlemas and Lamas to the late Bishopp at the Pallace
at Chester.
The Bishopp hath ever allowed Twenty Pounds p ann
out of the saide Thirty six pounds p ann to the Minister
that serued the Cure, which Minister the Bishopp named and
presented ; And the saide Minister paide Synodalls and pro-
curacons, And the Bishopp by Covenant was to paye Tenthes
and Subsidies, And Mr Darcey to repaire the howses and
Chauncell. There is a very handsome dwelling with two
Dove houses, Barnes, and Stables in good repaire. Mr Darcey
OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. 213
was to permitt the Minister to take Christning, buryall, and
Marriage ffees by Indorsement upon the said lease. The
tythes yssue out of Patrick Brampton [Brompton], Newton,
and part of the severall Townes of Hunton, Allathorne
[Arrathorne] , and Scotton. The Gleabe lyes all in Patrick
Brampton [Brompton], enclosed by itselfe, beinge aboute
thirty two Acres. Mf Darcey permitts the Minister to take
the benefitt of the Churchyard.
By Mv James Darcey his Confession, by husbandry, the
Rectory and Parsonage may be made worth one hundred
and Twenty pounds p ann, the Bishopp's Rent included ;
now it is but One hundred pounds p ann, And there is noe
Manner perquisites of Court, fishing, tymber, wood, parkc,
warren, or mills. The Comittee for plundered Ministers have
ordered all the saide late Bishopps Rent to the Minister of
the place.
The thirty two Acres of Gleabe before saide li. s. d.
are vallued at p ann each acre xijs in all . . 19 : 04 : oo
And the howse, Barnes, and appurtenances
att p ann 03 : 06 : 08
Totall 22 : 10 : 08
I am Informed that this Lease was delivered in at Gold-
smyths Hall upon Mr Darcyes Composition ; If soe then I
conceave
The Gleabe is in possession ;
But if not, Then I apporcon the Reserued rent aforesaid oi
Thirty six pounds p ann as ffollovveth, viz1 : —
li. s. d.
To the Lands 10 : OO : oo
To the Tythes 26 : oo : oo
In all . . . 36 : 00 : oo
7th, 55. WILL. WEBB. 1655.
Ex* J. BRADRY, Jo. DUNCALFE }s
Register. RICH. CROXALL J ~
214 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC.,
Thornton The Bishopp of Chester leased the Rectory of Thornton
cii Mem- *° tne Countesse of Sunderland for three lives : one is dead ;
bris in the Countesse hath her owne life in it, aged Sixty and one ;
Ebor. MT WillongJiby aged betweene Thirty and forty. The Rent
reserued to the Bishopp is tenn pounds p ann. There is
noe parsonage howse nor other building there, but there was
a Tythe Barne, which is now decayed.
The Rectory upon the Racke with a rate Tythe paid out of
Mr Scroope's \Scroopc\ Demeasnes at Danby adjoining to
Thornton aforesaid, is Thirty five pounds p ann, the
Bishopps Rent included. Mr Thomas Gale, now Viccar of
Thorneton, hath in right of his Viccaridge all the Gleabe
lands there, with Gleabe and Tythes belonging to the Viccar-
idge, is worth Thirty pounds per ann upon the Racke, but
the Viccar hath not preached this Twenty yeares. It is
Conceived the presentacon of the said Viccar did belonge to
the late Bishopp. Wee have noe Counterpart of the lease,
neither have wee scene the orridginall lease ; And as wee are
informed the Countesse of Sunderland hath assigned her
Interest in thesaide Lease to another, whose name wee knowe
not. By a Counterparte of a former Lease made 1 8° July,
6° Jac. [1608], by George, Bishopp of Chester, to Thomas Lord
Scroope, for three lives, if the rent was unpaid sixe weekes,
being lawfully demaunded, the Bishopp had power to
Re-enter. The Lord Scroope was by the said Lease to keepe
in repaire the Chauncell of the Parish Church, Togeather
with ye Barnes, Stables, and other Edifices belonging to the
saide Rectory.
Since this was ingrosed the Lease was brought us, which
beares date the 4° Dec., 9° Car. [1633]. The saide Countesse,
25° July, 11° Car. [1635], did demise the said Rectory to
John Wells, Esq., for one and Twenty yeares, if the said
Countess, John Scroope and William Willowby, Esq™, did
soe longe live, payeing Twenty pounds p ann. The said
Mr Wells is dead.
Exd J. BRADRY, Jo. DUNCALFE )
Register. RICH. CROXALL j Survcy°rs-
Com. Impropriacons and Rectories belonging unto the late
BPP of Chester as in right of his Bishopricke taken in
OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER.
215
fiebruary and March, 1646, And in Aprill & May, 1647, by
us, Edward Chamberlayne, Abraham Boone, George Smith, &
John Whitworth, by vertue of a Commission to us directed
from Sir John Wollaston, knt. and Alderman of London, &
others of the Comittee of Trustees for Sale of BPPS lands.
Inprimis we finde that the Impropriacon
of the Parsonage of Weverham, in the Countie
of Chester, belonged to the late BPP of
Chester in right of his sd BPPricke, and was,
by a Lease from John Bird, formerly bishopp
of the said Dioces, demised unto Thomas
Holcroft, of Vail Riall, in the aforesd County,
Esqr., for the terme of xxjtie one, As by a
lease made the 12th of March, in the ffirst of
Edw. the 6Ul [1547], it doth appeare ; And
afterwards the sd John, then Bpp of Chester,
by a second lease demised the same unto the
aforesaid Sr Tho. Holcroft for the terme of
99 yeares, to begin after the expiracon
of the former lease of xxjtie yeares, As by
the sd lease dated the i8th of Aprill, in the
Thirtith first of Hen. 8th [1540], confirmed
by the Deane and Chapter, it doth more
fully appear, wch Lease was assigned over
unto & now is in the possession of Peter
Warbutton, of Chester, Esqr. The rent re-
served upon the said lease to the BPP & his
successors is the somme of sixteene pounds
thirteene shillings & ffoure pence, payable at
Michas & Lady day, by equall porcons.
It was worth, in the year 1641, p anii li. s.
one hundred & fforty pounds 0140 : oo
We also find that the Parsonage of Bedston,
in the Hundred of Weerhall [Wirrall] and
County of Chester, wth the howses, barnes,
stables, Glebe lands, tithes, and all other
proffitts & emoluments to the same apper-
taining, did belong to the late BPP of Chester
Wever-
ham.
Present
rent per
ann. 16"
, ,s ..I
Jj 4 •
d.
OO
Bedston.
2l6 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC.,
as in right of the sd BPi'ricke, And was by
John, late BPI> of the sd Dioces, demised to
Edivard Glegg, of Gayton, in the sd County,
Esqre, for the terme of three lives, viz*, Wil-
liam Glegg, sonne & heire of the sd Edward,
and otEdivard Glegg, a younger sonne of the
said Edivard, & of Edward Glegg, sonne and
heire of the before named Wm Glcgg, Yield-
Present ing & paying unto the same BPP & his suc-
13" 6s 8d. cessors the yearelie rent of thirteene pounds
six shillings & eight pence p ann, And at
Lady Day & James tide by equall porcons ;
And also vju xiijs iiijd towards the main-
tenance of the Minister of that pishe as by
his lease bearing date in the 17th yeare of
King James [1619-20], it doth more plainelie
appeare. The said psons noiated before are
all liveing : Wm Glegg, aged about 58, Ed-
ward Glegg, his brother, aged about 52, and
Edward Glegg, sonne & heire of Wm, aged
about 3Otie. The psonage was worth, in li. s. d.
Anno 1641, p ann One hundred pounds . . 100 : oo : oo
Wallasey. We alsoe finde that the one halfe of the
Parsonage of Wallezey [Wallasey], in the
hundred of Wirrhall and the County of
Chester, with one halfe of all howses, barnes,
stables, gleab lands, tithes, & of all other
profitts or emoluments whatsoever to the
renT" same parsonage appertaining, did belong to
16" o» od. the late BPP of Chester as in right of his
said BPPrick, & was leased by George, Bw of
Chester, unto Wm Massy, of Puddington, in
the aforesaid County, Esqr., for the terme of
three lives, viz1, The said Wm Massye him-
self, and Wm, the sonne & heire of the said
Wm Massye, & of William Stanley, sonne &
heire of Wm Stanley, of Hooton, Esqr., Yield-
ing & paying to the said BPP and his suc-
cessors the yearelie rent of Sixteene pounds,
OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER.
at Lady Day & Micftas, by equall porcons,
As per his said lease dated the i6th of Aprill,
in the 9th yeare of King James [1611], it
doth more plainlie appeare. There is onlie
two lives in being, viz*, Wm Massey, now Sr
Wm Massy, knt, aged about 8otic yeares, &
Wm, sonne and heire of the sd William Massye,
aged about 4<Dtic. The said Parsonage stood
sequestred for the delinquencie of Sr Wm
Massey, he being a papist & maineteyning
his sonnes in Armes ag* the Parliament The
present Parson is one Mr Adams, placed
there by the Comittee of Plundered Ministers,
& hath that part of the parsonage belonging
to Sr William Massey assigned to him by
an order from the aforesd Comittee, for the
increase of his maintenance for his paynes in
that pishe, & he is a gent, well esteemed of.
The vallue of Sir Wm Masseys pte of this li. s. d.
psonage was, in Anno 1641, ffiftie pounds . 050 : oo : oo
Wee doe alsoe finde that the Parsonage of Backford,
Backforth [Backford], in the hundred of
Wirrhall and the County of Chester, wth all
howses, barnes, stables, gleab lands, tithes,
and all other proffitts & emoluments to the
same Parsonage in any wise apperteyninge,
Is an Impropriacon belonging to the late
BPP of Chester as in his right of his BPi'rick,
& was formerlie leased by him to Mr.
Poole, of Poole, in the said Hundred &
Countie before menconed, for the terme of
xxjtie yeares, wch lease is now expired. There
is also a Viccaridge belonging to the sd pishe,
The vicar to be put in by the aforesaid late
BPP or his successors. The aforesd Par-
sonage hath, in Anno 1641, been estimated
to be worth p arm 070 : oo oo
The Viccaridge hath been formerlie esti-
mated to be worth p ann 030 : oo : oo
2l8 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC.,
The psent Minister that supplieth the
place is one Mf ffrecklton, who was resident
in Chester when the Parliament forces took
that Citty, and had his goods sequestred by
the Comittee of Sequestracon in that Citty
for his delinquency. He enjoyeth the prof-
fitts of the Viccaridge, being placed there
pro tempore by some of the Deputic Leif-
tennts of this County, And by vertue of
an Order from the Comittee of Plundered
Ministers dated the loth of June, 1646, for
50", by way of Augmentacon, out of the
Parsonage of the same pishe : hee enioyeth
all the benefitts & proffitts of the said Impro-
priacon.
Over. Wee doe also finde that the Parsonage of
Over, in the hundred of Edsberry [Edisbury],
in the Countie of Chester, wth all howses,
barnes, stables, Gleabe Lands, tithes, & all
other proffitts & emoluments to the same in
Present any wjse appertaining, doe belonge to the late
gi; ,'y 4<i. BPP of Chester as in right of his Bppricke,
And was by John, late B™ of Chester, de-
mised to Tho. Cholmondley, of Vail riall [Vale
Royal], in the same Countie, Esqr., for the
terme of xxjtie yeares, he paying p ann to
the sd BPP or his successors the some of
Eight pounds, at Lady Day & John Baptist,
by equall porcons, As by his lease, bearinge
date the tenth of October, Anno 1640, more
plainelie doth appeare. The Remainder of
wch lease is now sold to the Cotee of Gold-
smiths hall, and money allowed by them to
the aforesaid Mr CJiolmondley upon his Com-
posicon for delinquencie ; and all the proffitts
are disposed of to that Church and other
Churches or Chappells, by Order from the
Comitee of plundered Ministers. The Church
OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. 2 19
is supplied by a very able honest Minister,
one MT fforth; it was estimated in Anno
1641 to be worth p ann One hundred & li. s. d.
Threescore pounds 160 : oo : co
We finde alsoe that the Impropriacon of Bradley,
the pishe Church of Bradley, in the Countie St°a™'
of Stafford, did belonge to the BPi'ricke of
Chester, & was by John, BisJwpp of Chester
(as by his lease, dated the last daie of Aprill,
in the third yeare of Edw. the 6th [1549], doth
appeare), demised to George Wilmsley, Clerke,
with all the edifices, lands, tenements, re-
vercons, services, liberties, tithes, pencons, or
any other proffitts to the same appertaining,
ffor the terme of ffowre score yeares after
the death or Resignacon of John Stapleton,
then parson of the said Church, Yielding and
paying the some of xxs Att the ffeasts of
Martlemas & John Baptist, by equall poreons,
to the sd BPP and his successors, And also
the some of xxxv8 & ijd p anfi for tenth to
the King, And xu p anii to the Vicar of the
sd Church, And iiij11 vis & vd p anfi to a
Curate of the said Church, And iiju vjs viijd
p anfi for pencons for the sd Church. This
Lease was confirmed by the Deane &
Chapter the second of Maye followinge.
This lease was afterwards assigned by the
said Wilmsley to Richard Dickenson, of
Penkridge in the aforesaid Countie, Yeo-
man, as by his assignm* dated the i6th of
July, in the 4th of Edw. vith [1550], it doth
appeare.
The said John, B™ of Cluster, did after-
wards, by his graunt, dated the 4th of Edw.
the 6th [1550-51], confirme the aforesd As-
signem1 (for the terme aforesaid) to the said
Richard Dickonson, And by the same graunt
22O SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC.,
did demise the same psonage wtlj all the
profitts as aforesaid, to the said Richard
Dicenson for one quarter of a yeare after the
expiracon of the sd ffowrescore yeares, And
also for one moneth after the expiracon of
the s(l quarter of a yeare, And after the ex-
piracon of that month he did demise the
same to the said Richard Dicenson & the
lawfull heires of his bodie for ever, reservinge
onlie the rents before specified. The B''i)S li. s. d.
rent p anfl is ooi : oo : oo
Bolton in We also finde that the Parsonage of
Lane Boulton [Bolton], in Longsdale [Lonsdale],
Clapham in the Countie of Lancaster, & of Clapham,
Ebon"' in the Countie of Yorke, did both of them
belonge to the late BPP of Chester as in
right of that BPPrick, Both wch are demised
by John, late B™ of Chester, July the ioth, in
the 4th of Car. [1628], unto Sir Henry Compton,
of Brumbletie, in the Countie of Sussex, knt.
of the Bath, with all the rights, members,
& appurtenances to the sd Rectories & Par-
sonages belonginge (the psentacon of the
viccaridges of Boulton [Bolton] & Clapham
alvvayes excepted), To have & to hold the sd
Rectories & Parsonages to the said Sir Henry
Compton for his owne life, Richard Compton,
Esqr., his eldest sonne, & Margarett Compton,
his daughter, & the longest liver of them,
Paying yearelie at the ffeasts of St. Marke
the Evangelist and the ffeasts of All Sts one
hundred and thirteene pounds, by equall
porcons, As also to pay the Synodalls &
procuracons due out of the sd Rectories, and
one yearelie pencon of xxvj3 & viij'1. The
sd Rectorie of Boulton [Bolton], with all the
members & appurtennces, were worth in A°
1641, p ann 340 : oo : oo
OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. 221
The Rectorie of Clapham cu Appur- li. s. d.
tenentijs worth, in Anno 1641, one hundred
and Seaventie pounds 170 : oo : oo
Exd EDW. CHAMBERLAYNE ABRAHAM BOUNE
JOHN WHITWORTH GEORGE SMITH.
SURVEYS OF BISHOP'S LANDS.1
By Letters Pattents dated 7™° Ed\v. 6° [1553-4], The The Man-
King did graunt his Mannor, Rectory, and Cott of St. Bees JJc,™^
cu ptin, in ffee ffarme to Mr Thomas Challenor and his heires St. Jkes
for ever, payeing one hundred ffortie three pounds sixteene corn°ui!'
shillings two pence halfe penny p ann at Michmas and our cu ptin.
Lady day, at the Court of Augmentacon and the Revenue of
the Crowne. Phill. & Mar. 4° et 5to [1557-58], the said Rent
was graunted to the then Bishopp of Chester, Reserueing to
the King the yearely Rent of Sixty three pounds one shil-
ling two pence halfe penny, which untill this Warr was duely
paid.
This Mannor or Cell, together with the Rectory, is now
devided into severall parts amongst persons that have pur-
chased severall parts thereof, who, by a Decree in the
Exchequer, pay the aforesaid Rent as followeth (viz*) :
Sr Christo Louther \Lowther\ late deceased, li. s. d.
now his heire paieth p anil 45 : 04 : 08
MT WigJibnrgJi, now deceased, paieth rent
p ann 41 : 07 : 02
MT John Stanley paieth Rent p ann . . 26 : 1 3 : 04
Mri* Janie ffetherston, her heire paieth
p anii 20 : oo : CO
MT Thomas Salkild paieth rent p aim . . 10 : 11 :02
Sr Christopher Louther [Lowthcr} his heir
houldeth one Towre and Barne and one halfe
1 Lambeth MSS., vol. 2, fol. 237.
222 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC., OF THE
of the Demeasne of the Cell aforesaid, to-
geather with one halfe of the Tyth of St.
Bees and the whole Tythe of Hensingham,
Preston, White Haven ; also Salt painns and
Cole-pitts ; Hee hath also severall Coppi-
holders within his Lordshipp that Clayme
to be Coppyhoulders of Inheritance and to
have theire ffine certairie, but he denyeth it ;
he keepeth Court Leete and Court Barron,
and the whole Revenue he hath in that place
is estimated to be above ffoure hundred and li. s. d.
ffifty pounds p ami 450 : oo : oo
Mr Wyburgh, his heire, holdeth the other
halfe of the Demeasne, with two howses, part
of the Cell, the one halfe of the Tythes of
St. Bees and the other Tythes of Sandwich
and Coaderton, and hath a Cole-pitt one the
land, And the whole is estimated upon the
Rack p anfi 480 : oo : oo
Mr Thomas Salkild houldeth part of the
Cell, being Demeasne lyeing in Salten,
Winder, and Lowne, which is estimated to
be worth p anfi 60 : oo : oo
Mr John Stanley holdeth the tythes of
Ashdale,Weshdale [Wastdale], and Washdale
[Wastdale] head, being Chappellaries be-
longing to the parrish of St. Bees, which are
estimated to be worth p anfi upon the Racke 60 : oo : oo
Mr Joseph Patterson, as heire to Mris Jane
ffctlierstone after one life, houldeth the Im-
propriacon of Inner [Enner] Dale, a Chap-
pell wthin the parrish of St. Bees, Estimated
to be worth upon the Racke p anfi .... 70 : oo : oo
The Comittee for plundered Ministers have graunted out
of the Bishopps Rent for this Rectory orders to severall
Ministers to receive as followeth, viz* :
To the Minister of St. Bees p anfi . . . 50 : oo : oo
To the Minister of Ashdale p anfi . . . 40 : oo : oo
To the Minister of Washdale [Wastdale]
p anfi 40 : oo : OO
DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CHESTER. 223
At St. Bees there is a religious honest Minister, Mr Chris-
topher Ratdiffe, newly placed by the Comittee of that County,
which should receive the ffifty pounds but cannot gitt it.
There is also a Reader that hath twelue pounds allowed him
from Sr Christopher Louther [Lowther].
There is noe preaching Minister at Ashdale or Washdale
[Wastdale].
Exd J. BRADRY, EDW. CHAMBERLAYNE^
Register. JOHN WHITWORTII I Surueyor\
GEORGE SMITH J
SURVEY OF LANDS, &c., OF THE DEAN
& CHAPTER OF CHESTER.1
A Survey of Certaine Messuages and Landes, with the
rights, Members, and appurtefinces lyeinge and beinge
within the Countye of Chester and the Cittye and Countye
of the Cittye of Chester, piece of the possessions belonginge
to the late Deane and Chapter of the Cathedrall Church of
Christ and the blessed Virgine Marye in Chester, made and
taken by us whose names are hereunto Subscribed in the
Monthes of July, 1649, By- virtue of A Comission to us
graunted, &c.
Imprimis. All that Capitall Mes-
suage or howse formerly Called
S* Thomas Chappell, &c.
[There is a hiatus here in the
Lambeth MS. The following 24
pages are from the ADDITIONAL
MSS., No. 14,415, in the BRITISH
MUSEUM.]
Scituate in the Upper End of
Northgate Street without Northgate,
having been a fair stately house
1 Lambeth MSS., vol. 3, fol. 208,
224 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC., OF THE
with two Courts, all now ruinated & A. R. r. li. s. d.
burnt by the King's ptice when they
lived in Chester. It hath only upon
it one large barne, with a stable &
two bayes & a horse mill at the End
of it. The Garden Plott & the place
where the house stood & the place
where the Orchard was, in Estimacon 01 : 01 : oo 08: 0:0
One Close of Arrable Land, com-
monly called the Mill Crofft, lying
to the North End of the aforesd
Orchard and Eastward to the Lane
wch gOeth from the Citty into Wir-
rall, wch containeth by Estimacon . 02 : I : o 02 : 5:0
One Close of Arrable Land
called the Mill feild, butting East-
wards to the highway to Backford
and west to Mollington Lane, wch
Containeth by Estimacon . . . . 09 : 2 : o 09 : 10 : o
One little pcell of ground whereon
the Windmill stood, near the South
End of the sd feild wch now lieth
waste & is in estimacon .... O:O:6 0:5:0
One Close of Pasture grounds,
commonly called Goodmans hey,
butting on the West to ye Mudd
wall of the sd Citty, and containeth
by Estimacon 9:2:016:0:0
Two Closes of Pasture ground,
commonly called the two Baich
fflatts, butting North west to the
Baich Dale, & South west to the
Pearle wall heay, Containeth by
Estimacon I0:2:o ii:o:0
Two Closes of Pasture Ground,
Commonly called the two Poole
heays, butting west upon Upton
Lane, and South west upon a feild
belonging to Peter Goose, Cont. by
Estimacon . , 13 • or : o 14 : o : o
DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CHESTER. 22$
One Close of arrable Land, Com-
monly called the One Baich fflatt,
butting South to Upton Lane, and
North to the two Baich fflatts, Con- A. R. P. li. s. d.
taming by Estimacon 3:03:0 4:0:0
One Close of Pasture ground,
commonly called the Preists feild,
abutteing East to Mollington Lane,
and West to the Towne feild, Con-
taining by Estimacon ii:O:O I2:O:O
One Close of Pasture ground,
comonly called Thropps Close, abut-
ting West to Mollington Lane, &
North to Pearle Wall Haye, Con-
taining by Estimacon 5:2: 34 6:O:O
One Close of Pasture ground,
comonly called Pearle Wall hay,
abutting North upon the Baich Dale,
& East upon Baich fflatt, Cont.
by Estimacon 5 : I : 27 6 : o : o
One Close of Pasture ground,
comonly called the Stone bridge
close, abutting West upon Stone
bridge, & East upon Pearle Wall
hey, cont. by Est 4 : 3 : 20 4:10:0
Two Closes of Pasture ground,
comonly called the Horse closes,
abutting North to the Buckwash, &
East upon Mollington Lane, cont.
by Estimacon 8:3:31 14:0:0
One Close of Meadow ground,
comonly called the hall Meade,
abutting West to Mollington Lane,
and East to the Buckwash, Cont.
by Estimacon 7 : i : 5 7:O:O
One Close of Meadow Ground,
comonly called the little Hall Mea-
dow, abutting East toy6 Hall Mead,
& East to Mollington Lane, wch
cont by Estimu 5:2:13 4:0:0
Q
226 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC., OF THE
One Close of Pasture ground, A. R. P. li. s. d.
coinonly called Harpes Close, but-
ting North west on the Horse pas-
ture, & South West to Mollington
Lane, wch Cont. by Estimacon . . 4:2:0 6:0:0
A Pticular of such things as be in Lease.
One Close of Arrable Land, coin-
only called fflookers brook heay,
abutting East upon fflookers brooke
lane, being in Estimacon . . . . 11: 2: o 1 1 : 10 : o
More in Chester Town flfeild, One
pcell of Ground, called Long hedge
Acre, abutting South to the Lane
wch leadeth to Blacon Cross, wch is
in Estimacon 2:0:0 2:O:o
One Close more of Arrableground,
called Blacon Crosse, butting East
upon Port poole Lane & West to
Dee Bank, Cont. by Estn .... 3:2:0 3:10:0
One pcell of ground more in
Chester Town ffield, near Dee Bank,
called Grange Acre, butting South
East to Port poole Lane and West
to the Water side, in Estimacon . i:2:o I:IO:O
All the Messuages or Closes above menconed being in the
possion of Mf Nicholas luce, of Chester, & by him held in
Lease from Mr Dutton or Mr Jolley.
One Close or Croft of Arrable
ground, called Baalls Crofft, abut-
ting east upon fflookers brook Lane
& west upon Land of MT War-
burtons, now in poSsion of John
Baall, cont. by Estimacon . . . i: 2: 20 01 : 10 : o
One pcell of ground, formerly
two Cottages, now in the possion of
William Welcliman> abutting South
to Gorstook Lane & north to
DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CHESTER. 22/
Sr Thomas SmitJis his Land, being A. R. p. li. s. d.
[by] Estimacon 00:2:0 o:io:o
One Close of Pasture ground, now
in the poSsion of SJierriff Jones,
abutting South upon Sr Tho* SmitJis
Land & North upon Goodmans
hay, being a Mounte within it, by
Estimacon 2:3:0 2:15:0
One pcell of Arrable ground in
the Lower Town ffeild, in the Occu-
pacon of Richd Williams, comonly
caled Burtons Acre, abutting west
on the River Dee & East on T/io"
Deanes Acre, containeth by Estn . 2 : o : o 2 : o : o
One other pcell of Arrable ground
in ye possion of Rich11 Williams,
called also Burtons Acre, butting
North upon Deans Acre & west
upon the River Dee, being by Esti-
macon 1:2:0 i:io:o
One pcell of arrable ground in ye
Occupacon of Rich11 Hickman, being
west upon Dee & North west upon
Burtons Acre, being in Estimacon . 2 : o : o 2 : o : o
One pcell of Arrable ground in ye
Occupacon of T/io' Robinson, abut-
ting South East on Dee Lane &
North West to Burtons Acre, being
in Estn 0:3:8 0:15:0
One pcell of Arable ground called
Giles Acre, now in the Occupacon
of Reese Coltgrave, abutting South
East on Mr Hopes & North East on
Port Poole Lane 2:I:O 2:5:0
One pcell of Arrable ground
held jointly by John Baall & T/io'
Welchman, abutting North West
on Burtons Acre & west on Tho*
Deans Acre, & South on Giles Acre,
by Estimacon 4:1:0 4:5:0
Q 2
228 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC., OF THE
One pcell of arrable ground A. R. P. li. s. d.
called Welchmans Butt, abutting
South West on Mr Werdens Land
& North East on MT Stanley of
Hootons Land, in Estimacon . . I : 2 : o I : ro : o
One pcell of Arrableground called
Maud Bluystones peece, abutting
South on Mr Stanley of Hootons
peece, Cont. by Estim i:2:o I:IO:O
One pcell of Arrable ground
called EdwA Robinson his peece,
abutting South West on MT LeigJies
Pound & North West on Thomas
Grinisdicli 4:1:10 4:5:0
One pcell of Arrable ground
called Peter Goose his Close, abut-
ting on the North East upon Upton
Lane & south west upon Grims-
dich ground, Cont 5:0:0 05 : o : O
One other pcell of arrable ground
called Peter Goose his part, abutting
North West on Mollington Lane &
South West uponGrimsdich ground,
in Estimacon ......... 5:1:0 5 : 5 : o
One peece of Arrable ground
called Richd Williams his peece,
abutting South West upon Mol-
lington Lane & South West upon
Grimsdich ground, in Estimacon . 5:1:0 5:5:0
One peece of Arrable ground
called Rich11 Williams his peece,
abutting South West upon Mol-
lington Lane & South East upon
the Citty Land, in Estimacon . 2 : o : o 2 : o : O
One pcell of Arrable ground
called John Davies his peece, but-
ting North upon John Michaels &
South upon Blaystons ground, by
Estimacon 2:03:35 2:i6:0
One pcell of Arrable ground called
DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CHESTER. 22Q
two butts, lying South East on Mol- A. R. p. If. s. d.
lington Lane & South West on Mr
Hope his ground, in Estimacon . . o:2:o o:io:o
One pcell of Arrable ground,
being One Butt, butting North West
on Harps Closes & North upon
Mollington Lane tent, in Estimacon o : 2 : o o : 10 : o
One pcell of Arrable ground,
being four Butts, bounding North
upon Ralph Lees & West upon Dee
Bank, cont. by Estimacon .... i:2:o I:IO:O
One pcell more of Arrable ground,
butting North upon Peter Goose his
Ground & west on Dee Bank, wck
cont. by Estimation 1:2:0 i : 10 : o
One pcell more of Arrable
ground, butting South upon Mr
Hancocks ground, East to Portpoole
Lane, & West to Dee Bank, cont.
by Estimacon 0:1:00 0:5:0
One pcell more of Arrable ground,
butting South to Portpoole Lane &
West to Dee Bank, in Estimation . o : i : o oo : 5 : o
All these six last are in ye possion of Mr Wm Ince, Alder-
man of Chester, by Lease from Mr Hut ton or MT Jollcy.
One pcell of Ground, being two
Butts, bounding South West on Mr
Ince his ground & North West on
Mr Hope his ground, by Estimacon oo : 2 : o o : 10 : o
One pcell more of Arrable ground,
bounding South upon Mr Ince his
ground, in Estimacon 00:2: 24 o:3:o
One pcell more of Arrable ground,
butting North on Mr Ince his ground
& West on Dee Bank, cont. by
Estimacon 1:2:0 i : 10 : o
All these three last pcells of ground being in possion of
MTSAnne Donne, Wid., from Mr Hntton or Mr Jolley.
230 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC., OF THE
One pcell of Arrable ground, but- A. R. P. li. s. d.
ting South East upon Anne Donne
her ground, being in Estimacon . 0:2:0 0:10:0
One other pcell of Arrable ground,
butting South East upon Anne
Donnes ground, in Estn 0:1:00:5:0
One pcell of Arrable ground, but-
ting North East on Harps Croft
& West upon Dee Bank, cont. by
Estimacon 1:0:01:0:0
One pcell of Arrable ground,
bounding South East on Peter
Goose his ground & west on Dee
Bank, cont. by Estm 00:1:00:5:0
One pcell more of Arrable Land,
bounding East upon Mr Ince his
ground & north upon long hedge,
cont. by Estimacon o : 2 : o o : 10 : o
All these last five pcells of ground, being in the whole
2 a. 2 r. oo p., are in the possion of Ralph Lee.
One pcell of Arrable Land, bound-
ing South East on Mollington Lane
& South West upon Ralph Lee his
Land, cont. by Estimacon . . . 0:2:0 0:10:0
One pcell of Arrable Land, but-
ting North upon Ralph Lee his
ground and west upon Dee Bank,
Cont. by Estimacon I : 2 : o I : 10 : o
One pcell of Arrable Land, bound-
ing South upon Mr Ince his ground
& west upon Dee bank, cont. by
Estimacon 0:1:00:5:0
All these last pcells of ground, being in the whole 2a ir op,
arc in ye possion of Peter Goose.
One pcell of Arrable Land, being
in ye possion of John Hancock, but-
ting South East on Mr Ince his
DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CHESTER. 231
ground and West upon Dee Bank, A. R. p. H. s. d.
Cont. by Estimacon 4:0:04:0:0
One pcell of Arrable Land called
the foule Laaks, bounding North
East to the place of the Tythe barne
& South to the high way to the
baich, Cont. by Estimacon . . . 2:2: o 2:10:0
One pcell of Arrable ground
called Anthonys Croft, bounding
South on the Lane to the town &
North West to the leading to Port-
poole lane, being in Estimacon . . 2:1:25 2: 7:0
These two pcells of Land are in the Occupacon of
Mr T/io* Hiimphreys, of Chester.
One pcell of Arrable ground,
Comonly called the Porters hay,
bounded South to the high way to
ye towne & North West upon
Giles Acre and South East upon
the River Dee, Cont. by Estimacon 4 : o : 36 4 : 10 : o
One pcell of Arrable ground to
the Town feild, called the Hopes
Acre, bounded South East upon
Grimsdich ground & North West
upon Mr Ince his ground, Cont. by
Estimacon 2:0:02:0:0
One pcell of Arrable ground,
bounded North West to ye horse
pasture & South west to the Prot-
poole [Portpool] Lane, cont. by
Estimacon I : O : O I : O : O
One pcell of Arrable ground,
bounded South East to Mollington
Lane & North West to Ann Donnes
Butt, cont. by Estimacon . . . . I : 3 : ° I : i$ : °
All these four last pcells are in ye Occupacon of George
Hope, Esqre, from Mr Hutton by Lease, the whole being
o8a : 0r : 61'.
232
SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC., OF THE
Northgate Street without Northgate — In ye East Side of it.
One Messuage place in the pos-
sion of Peter Goose, with a little
house built upon it ; the ground
whereon the House stood & the
Garden is 26 yards broad & 35
yards long, with Butts upon ye End,
bounded South upon Mrg Melse
her Land & North on Collonell A. R. P. li. s. d.
Wardnes Land, cont. by Esti-
macon 0:2:0 2 : 10 : o
One messuage place in ye possion
of John Chantrell, with a little bay
built & a Garden & orchard, the
ground being 7 yards & half broad
& 60 yards long, with a Butt of
Ground bounded North & Mrs
Melse her land, & is in Estimacon . o : i : o 1:5:0
One messuage place in the Occu-
pacon of Reese Coltgreave, with a
Cellar place & a garden or Orchard,
ye Ground being 1 1 yards broad &
60 yards long, with a Butt of ground,
Cont. by Estimacon 00:1:001:5:0
One messuage place in the pos-
sion of Mr Radcliffe, with a little
Bay built upon it & a Garden or
Orchard, the ground 7 yards & 2*
broad & 60 yards long, with a Butt
of ground, Cont. by Estimacon . 00:1: o i : 10 : o
One messuage place in ye possion
of Widow Blinstone, with a Garden
or Orchard, ye Ground 6 yards
broad & 60 yards long, wth a Butt
of Arrable ground o : i : o I : o : o
One messuage place in ye possion
of Reeze Coltgreave, with a Garden
DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CHESTER. 233
or Orchard, the ground 9 yards A. R. p. li. s. d.
broad & 60 yards long, with a Butt
of Arrable ground, Cont oo:i:oo 1:5:0
One messuage place now in ye
possion of Wm Croughton, with a
little bay built upon it & a Garden
or Orchard, ye ground 9 yards
broad & 33 yards long, with a Butt
of Arrable Land, Cont. by Esti-
macon oo : I : o I : 10 : o
One messuage place in ye possion . . .
of 77/0* Williams, with a Garden
or Orchard, ye ground Six yards
broad & 60 yards long, with a Butt
of Arrable ground, Cont. by Esti-
macon 00:1:001:0:0
One messuage place now in ye
possion of Wid. Holmes, with a
little bay built upon it & a Garden
or Orchard, ye ground 6 yards
broad & 60 yards long, with a Butt
of Arrable land, cont. by Estimacon oo : i : o I : 10 : o
One messuage place now in the
possion of Randle Probye, with a
Garden or Orchard, the ground five
yards & 2* broad & 60 yards long,
with a Butt of Arrable Land, Cont.
by Estimacon o : i : o I : o : o
One messuage place now in ye
possion of Elizabeth ffoster, with a
garden or Orchard, the ground 6
yards broad & 60 yards long, with
a Butt of Arrable ground, Cont. by
Estimacon o : I : o I : o : o
One messuage place now in ye pos-
sion of Rob1 Ansden,\v\tf\ a garden or
Orchard, the ground 8 yards broad &
60 yards long, with a Butt of arra-
ble ground, bounding South on Tho*
Layton his land, cont.' by Estimacon o : i : o 1:5:0
234 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC., OF THE
Northgate Street withoiit NortJigate — West Side of it.
One Cottage with a garden in ye A. R. P. H. s. d.
possion of Wid. Done, the place &
Garden 10 yards broad & 25 yards
long 0:0:00:13:0
One Cottage place with a Gar-
den, belonging to John Williams,
the place 6 yards broad & 13 yards
long 0 : o : o o : IO : o
One Cottage & Garden in the
possion of Richard Williams, the
Ground 9 yards broad & 20 yards
long oo : o : o o : 13 : 4
One Cottage place belonging to
James Walton, 6 yards broad & 9
yards Long o : 0 : o o : 10 : o
One messuage with a Garden, in
poSsion of John ffletcher, the ground
13 yards broad & thirty three yards
long, with One Butt of Arrable
ground, Cont. by Estimacon . . . 0:3:0 2:13:4
One messuage place in ye possion
of Wid. Williams, the ground 13
yards broad & 33 yards long, with
3 butts of Arrable ground, Cont. by
Estmn 0:3:02:0:0
One place where ye old Kilne
stood wch belonged to the Manner
house, the ground n yards broad,
29 yards long OO:O:o 0:13:4
One messuage place in ye possion
of Nicholas Williams, with a Celler
place, the ground 22 yards broad
& 38 yards long, with 3 Butts of
Arrable ground, Cont. by Estimacon 0:3:0 2 ; o : o
One messuage place in ye possion
of Ann Done, widw, with a Garden,
the ground 6 yrds & 2* broad & 36
DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CHESTER. 235
yards long, with a Butt of Arrable A. R. p. li. s. d.
Ground, Cont by Estimacon ... o : I : o I : o : o
One messuage place, with a Gar-
den, in possion of Widw Barton, the
ground 8 yards broad & 36 yards
long, with a Butt of Arrable ground,
Cont. by Estimacon O : I : o I : o : o
One messuage new built, with a
Barne & Garden, in ye possion of
77/0* Robinson; the ground is 16
yards broad & 36 yards long, with
2 Butts of Arrable Land, Cont. by
Estimacon 0:3:04:0:0
One messuage place, with a Gar-
den, in the po§sion of John ffoulks,
the Ground being 7 yards broad &
36 yards long, with a Butt of Arrable
ground, Cont. by Estimacon ... 0:1:01:0:0
One messuage place, with a Gar-
den & two little bayes new built, in
the possion of Hugh Jamicon, the
ground 8 yards broad & 44 yards
long, with a Butt of Arrable land,
cont. by Estimacon 0:1:02:5:0
Northgate Street without Northgate.
One messuage place with a Gar-
den & two little bayes new built, in
the Occupacon of John Leigh, the
ground being 8 yards broad & 44
yrd3 long, with a Butt of Arrable
ground, being in Estimacon . . . o : I : o 2:io:O
One messuage place, with a Gar-
den & a Cellar place, in possion of
Robert Skellitton, the ground 8 yards
broad & 43 yards long, and one
Butt of Arrable land, Cont by Estn o : I : o I : 5:0
One messuage place, with a Gar-
den & a little bay, new built, in
236 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC., OF THE
the possion of Wm Robinson, the
ground 8 yards broad & 44 yards
long, with a Butt of Arrable Land, A. R. P. li. s. d.
Cont by Estimacon o : I : o I : 10 : o
One messuage place & a Gar-
den in the Occupacon of Mr Wm
Ince, ye ground being 13 yards
broad & 44 yards long, with one
Butt of Arrable Land, Containeth 0:2: o i : 10 : o
One messuage place & a Gar-
den in the Occupacon of Edw.
Barker, the ground being 4 yards &
2* broad & 44 yards long, with a
Butt of arrable Land, by Estimacon o : I : o I : o : o
One messuage place, with a Gar-
den, with a little bay new built, in ,
ye Occupacon of Margarett Lorkid,
the ground 13 yards broad, & 43
yrds long, with One Butt of Arrable
Land, Cont. by Estimacon ... o:2:O 2:0:0
One messuage place, with a
Garden in ye Occupacon of Richd
Bristowe, the ground 5 yards broad,
33 yards long, with a Butt of Arra-
ble Land, cont. by Estimacon . . 0:0:30 i:O:O
One messuage place & a Gar-
den, with a peece of a bay new
built, in ye Occupacon of Richd
Davies, the Ground being 5 yards
& 21 broad & 43 yards long, with a
Butt of Arrable ground, Cont. . . o : I : oo i : 10 : o
One messuage place & a Garden
in the Occupacon of widw Skellinton,
the ground being 4 yards broad &
40 yards long, with a Butt of Ar-
rable ground thereunto, Cont. by
Estimacon o:i:o 01 : o : o
One messuage place & Garden in
ye occupacon of widw Cowdnoks, wtu
a little bay new built, the ground
DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CHESTER. 237
4 yards broad & 40 yards long, with a A. R. r. li. s. d.
Butt of Arrable Land, in Estimacon o : I : o I : 10 : o
One messuage place & a Garden
in the Occupacon of John Cawtrell,
the ground 4 yards & 2i broad, &
40 yards long, with a Butt of Arrable
Land, in Estimacon 0:1:0 1:0:0
One messuage place and a Gar-
den, with a little bay new built, in
the Occupacon of Bryan Crossen,
the ground being 4 yards & 2* broad
& 40 yards long, with a Butt of
Arrable Land, in Estimacon . . . o:i:o 1:10:0
One messuage place & a garden
in ye occupation of Evan Davies, the
ground 7 yards & 2* broad &4O yards
long, with a Butt of Arrable land, in
Estimacon 0:1:0 i:o:o
One messuage & a Garden, with
a House & a Barne new built, in
the Occupacon of Rich* Williams,
the ground being 1 5 yards broad &
40 yards long, with two Butts of
Arrable Land, in Estimacon . . . 0:2:0 3:10:0
One messuage place & a Garden
in ye Occupacon of Edwd Roberts,
the ground 9 yards broad & 40 yards
long, with a Butt of Arrable Land,
in Estimacon o:i:o 1:5:0
One messuage place & Garden
in the Occupacon of Wm Welchman,
the ground Eight yards broad &
44 yards long, with a small Butt of
Arrable Land, in Estimacon . . . o : o : 20 I : o : o
One messuage place & a Garden
in ye Occupacon of Tho* Beck, the
ground 1 1 yards broad & 44 yards
long, with a Butt of Arrable Land,
in Estimacon o:i:0 1:5:0
One messuage place & a Garden
238
SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC., OF THE
in ye Occupacon of Elline Whittle, A. R. P.
ye ground II yards broad & 40
yards long, with a butt of Arrable
land, in Estn o : i : o
One messuage place with a
garden, in ye Occupacon of Widw
Burton, the ground 8 yards broad
& 44 yards long, with one Butt of
Arrable land, in Estimacon . . . o : I : o
One messuage place and Garden,
with a Celler place, in the occu-
pacon of Ralph Leigh, the ground I r
yards broad & 44 yards long, with
one Butt of Arrable Land, ye House
place bounding South to Mf Brosters
Land, & Cont. in Estimacon . . 0:2:0
One messuage place & Garden
in yc Occupacon of Mr Haddocks,
the ground 13 yards broad &22 yards
long, bounding South on MT Poole
his Land, together with two Butts
of Arrable land, Cont. by Estn . . 0:2:0
In Ramsey Lane.
Three Messuages or Cottages,
being each of them only one Roome,
& a Garden of four yards Long and
6 yards broad belonging to each of
them, now in the possion of Mr Wm
Ince, and are worth p Annum
li.
One
0:0:0
NortJigate Street wit/tin Northgate.
messuage, with a Garden, Barne, &
Stable, in the Occupacon of Peter Welcliuian,
together with other 3 messuages, new built,
under him, with each a little garden belonging
thereunto, now in the Occupacon of John Baall,
Tho8 Bennett, & Widm Ince ; the aforesd pre-
misses, with the Appurtenances, wee Estimate
to be worth p ann
I : 10 : o
01 : 10 : O
i : 10 : o
8:0:0
DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CHESTER. 239
One messuage, with a Garden & Stables, now li. s. d.
in ye Occupacon of John Anderson, Inkeepr,
with the appurtefices, worth p ann IO : o : o
One messuage now in ye Occupacon of MT
Nicholas Ince, formerly two messuages now
converted into Malt Roomes and a Kilne, with
thappurtences, worth p ann 6:13:4
One messuage, with thappurteiinces, now in
yc Occupacon of Henry Messom, formerly
Welchmans, worth per ann 5:0:0
One messuage or house, with a Kilne & some
small Malt Roomes, with the Appurtennces, now
in the Occupacon of Edward Mercer, p ann . 8 : o : o
One mess, or house, with a Garden, yards,
Kilne, & Malt Roomes, with the Appurtennces,
now in the Occupacon of George Hope, Esqr,
worth p ann 8:0:0
One mess, or house, with Garden, Stable,
Kilne, Malt roomes, with thappurtefinces for-
merly Mr Bavans, now in yc Occupation of
Mr Henry Harper, worth p ann 14:10:0
One mess, or house, with two Shoppes & ye
apptennces, now in ye Occupacon of John
Wright, Barber, worth p ami 5:10:0
One mess, or Tenement Cofnonly called the
comon hall, with the Appurtennces, now in ye
Occupacon of the Mayor & Aldermen of the
Citty of Chester, worth p ann 10 : o : o
One messuage or house that consists of two
Shopps, with Chambers & appurtennces, now
in the occupacon of Widw Newport her daugh-
ter, worth p ann 3:0:0
One mess., being a Shop & Celler, now in
the Occupation of Widcnv Mary Ince, wth the
appurtennces, worth p ann I : IO : o
One mess., being a Chamber over yc lane
goeing to St. Oswalds, with a little Garden,
now in y° occupation of ividto Lynmcn, worth
per ann 2 : o : o
One mess, or house now in yc possion of
240 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC., OF THE
John Ireland, with ye shop & appurtenances, li. s. d.
worth p ann 6:O:O
One mess, or house, with a Kilne & other
appurtennces, now in ye Occupacon of Thomas
Dean, worth p ann 6:13:0
One mess, or house, with a shop, now in ye
Occupacon of Rich. Dareivell, with ye App-
terinces, worth p ann 3 : 10 : o
One mess, or house near ye George, formerly
Morgells, now in ye Occupacon of Richard
Mercer, with Stables, Yards, Brewhouses, &
other Appurtennces, worth p arm 6:0:0
One mess, or house, with Cellers & other ye
Apptennces, now in ye Occupacon of Ann
Row, widw, worth p ann 5:0:0
One mess, or house, with a shop & Celler &
other ye Apptennces, now in the occupacon of
Mr Ralph Barrowes, which we value to be
worth p ann 10 : o : o
Barne Lane.
One mess, or house, with a stable & ye
Apptennces now in the Occupacon of Wm Ben-
nett, p ann I : 10 : o
Parsons Lane.
One ffeild of pasture ground called ye Lady
Barrow hey, in Occupacon of Owen Hughes,
Alderman, bounding South upon John Davcis
his Land and North upon ye Citty wall, in
Estimacon 04* : oor OP, worth p ann .... 8 : o : o
One mess, or house, with a Garden & Orchard,
in ye Occupacon of Robert Deson, with ye Ap-
purtennces, we value to be worth p ann ... 2:6:0
One mess, or Garden lying near Parsons
Lane, now divided into two parts, comonly
called Woodcocks Garden, worth p ann ... 0:5:0
One mess, or house, with a Garden & other
DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CHESTER. 241
Apprentices, now in the Occupacon of Ralph li. s. d.
Mmsfiall, worth p ann 2 : 10 : o
One mess, or house, with a small Garden &
other appurtennces, now in the Occupacon of
John ffletclier, worth p ann I:IO:O
One mess, or house, with a small garden &
other apptennces, now in the occupacon of
wid* Skellington, worth p ann 1:12:0
One Mess, or house, with a Garden & other
apprtennces, now in the Occupacon of MT
Nich. Ince, worth p ann 2 : 10 : 0
One Mess, or house, with a Garden & other
apptennces, now in the Occupacon of George
Robinson, worth p ann I : 10 : o
One mess, or house, with a Garden & other
apptefinces, now in the Occupacon of Rob1
Cowdocke, worth p ann i : 10 : o
One mess, or house, with a Garden & other
Apptefinces, now in the Occupacon of Mrs
Lynnion, worth p ann I : 10 : o
One mess, or house, with a garden & other
Apptennces, divided into two parts, now in the
Occupacon of M™ Nicholas Ince, worth p ann . 4:0:0
One mess, or house, with a Garden, Stable,
& other Apptennces, now in ye occupacon of
MT Slater, worth p ann 2:0:0
One mess, or house, with garden & other
Appurtennces, now in the Occupacon of Elisa-
beth Roberts, worth p ann 2:10:0
One mess, or house, with a garden & other
Appurtennces, now in ye Occupacon of Mr
Slater, worth p ann 2:O:o
One mess., now a Stable, with a garden, now
in ye occupacon of Urcilla Aymor, worth p. ann. i : 10 : o
One mess, or house, with ye Appurtennces,
now in ye Occupacon of Nick' Ince, worth
p ann 2 : 10 : o
One mess, or house, with a Garden & other
Aptences, now in the Occupacon of W™ Jones,
worth p ann . . » 2 : IO : o
R
242 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC., OF THE
One mess, or house, with Garden, divided into li. s. d.
two, together with ye Appurtennces, now in ye
Occupacon of John Welchman, worth p anfi . 3:0:0
One mess, or house, with a Garden & other
Appurtennces, now in the occupacon of Mr
Ralph Burroivs, worth p ann 2:0:0
Watergate Street.
One mess, or house, with garden, stable,
Cellar, & other Appurtences, now in the Occu-
pacon of Widd. Welch, p ann ...... 5:0:0
One mess, or house, with a Garden & Celler
with other Appurtences, now in the occupation
of Wm Crompton, of Chester, worth p anfi . . 7:0:0
Bridge Street.
One mess., being a shop or warehouse, now
in the Occupacon of widw Ellin Wilkinson,
worth p ann 4:0:0
One mess, or house, with the Appurtennces,
now in the Occupacon of Tho* ffinloiv, worth
p ann 3 : 10 : o
Castle Lane.
One messuage, formerly Two Tenements,
now one house, with a garden & stable & other
Appurtennces, now in the Occupacon of ividK
Pliine, worth p ann 2 : 10 : o
Cupping Lane.
One pcell of ground, being an Orchard or
Garden, in Estimacon 14 Poles, in the Occu-
pacon of Rob1 Thorley, worth p anfi . . . . 0:13:4
One Messuage or house, with a Garden &
other appurtennces, formerly Bethells, now in
the Occupacon of Robert Sparkes, worth p anfi . 1:13:4
One mess, or house, with a Garden & other
appurtenances, formerly widow Rowes, now in
the Occupacon of widw Gryffyn, worth p anfi . I : 10 : o
DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CHESTER. 243
One mess, or house, with Garden, Orchards, li. s. d.
Brewhouse, with other the appurtennces, for-
merly George Bannells, now in the Occupacon of
Hugh Jones, worth p ann 4:0:0
East Gate Street.
One messuage or house, with a shop & other
Appurtennces, now in the Occupacon of
Christopher Hallwood, worth p ann 2 : o : O
One messuage or house, with a Shop &
other Appurtennces, now in the Occupacon of
Rick1 Williamson, worth p ann 4:0:0
fforrest Street.
One Messuage or house, with Garden, Kilne,
& Malt roomes, and other the Appurtenances,
now divided into three severall Dwellings, &
now in the Occupacon of Edzv* Coddington,
worth p ann 8:o:O
One Mess, or house, with a Garden, ffarme
houses, kilne, & Malt Roomes, wth other the
Appurtenances, now in the occupacon of Mr
Hugh Molsonne, worth p ann 10: O:o
fforrest Street without the Barrs.
One Mess, or house, now divided into three
severall dwellings, scituate in fforrest Street
without the Barrs, together with one small Croft
called Stubbs Croft, now a Garden, & in the
occupacon of Mr B roster ; the Garden in Esti-
mate is ooa 03 r I5p; all the prmes with the
Appurtenances worth p ann 7:0:0
Spittle Boughton.
One pcell of Land called ye Cony grees,
scituate & lying near a place called Spittle
Boughton, in yc Occupacon of Wm Amberiley,
bounded East on the Sandy Lane & west upon
the River Dee, and in Estimate 01" 03 r OQi' . . I : IO : 0
R 2
244 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC., OF THE
Naptivich \NantiuicJi\.
One Mess, or Tenem*, lying & being in li. s. d.
Naptwich, called Witchouse, now in the Occu-
pacon of Capt. Acton & John Wright, bounded
west on a Wilchouse of John Saiers & East
upon Mr Maisterson Lands, with a little pcell of
Land before it & Twelve Leads waitings, worth
p ann 8:O:O
CHEIFE RENTS.
One Cheife Rent Issueing out of the Mess. &
Tenement in the holding of Wm King, being
p ann 00:0:9
One Cheife Rent Issueing out of the Mess,
in the holding of Margaret Pike, p ann . . . OO : 0:9
One Cheife Rent Issueing out of the Mess,
in the holding of Henry Trafford, p ann . . . oo : 0:9
One Cheife Rent Issueing out of the mess,
in the Occupation of Alice Warden, p ann . . oo : I : 6
One Cheife Rent Issueing Out of Certain
Lands now or late in the holding of Rob1 Van-
drey, gen, p ann OO : 6 : o
One Cheife Rent Issueing out of a Mess, in
the holding of Alice Bavand, p ann . . . . oo : 4 : o
One Cheife Rent Issueing out of a Mess, in
ye Occupacon of Richd Bennett, p ann . . . . oo : 2 : o
One Cheife Rent Issueing out of Another
Mess, in the Occupacon of Richd Bennett, p ann oo : 2:0
One Cheife Rent Issueing Out of Another
Mess, in the Occupacon of Richard Bennett,
panfi oo : 16 : o
One Cheife Rent Issueing out of Certain
Lands of 5 r Tho* Smiths, being p ann . . . oo : I : 6
One Cheife Rent Issueing out of certain
Lands late in the Occupacon of Humphrey
Linall, p ann oo:6:O
One Cheife Rent Issueing out of certain
DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CHESTER. 245
Lands late in the Occupacon si John Aldersey, li. s. d.
Gent., p anfi oo : 10 : o
One Cheife Rent Issueing out of Certain
Lands late ye Inheritance of ST John Harper,
lying in fflessmongers Lane, p anfi o : 8 : o
[Here the Lambeth MS. begins again.]
There are alsoe Certaine Tythes of Hay and
Corne in the Parrishe of Woodchurch, called
the Boardland Tythes of Woodchurch ; which
in Consideration of one hundred pounds ffine
weare Leased to Richard Adams, Clerke, by
Edward Button, !Esq., payeing per anfi Thirty
Shillings ; the said Board land Tythes if out of
Lease are worth p anfi xxu
Theise Tythes are Leased for Sixtye yeares ;
if Mr Jolly es Liues soe longe Hue.
There are alsoe Certaine Tythes of Hay
and Corne groweinge in some partes of the
Towneshipps of Weston, Wiggsterston [VVistas-
ton] and Werleston [Worlestone], neere to the
Towne of Namptwich [Nantwich] and the
parrishes of Wibbenbury [Wybunbury] and
Acton, which are called the Boardland Tythes
of above menconed places ; And are thus
distinguished, (viz1) The Twoe thirds of the
Tythes of Hay and Corne in the Towneshippe
of Wiggsterston [Wistaston] and Werleston
[Worleston], And in the Towneshipp of Weston
twoe Thirds of the Tythe Corne and Hay in
Lightfoots Tenement, And twoe Thirds of the
Tythes of Pooles1 Tenement of the Red Lyon,
And twoe Thirds of the Tythes of the day
house Baich, and twoe Thirds of the Tythes
groweinge on twoe Butts belonginge to Ellsons
Tenement, and of twoe Butts in Riddlyes Tene-
ment, All which is worth p anfi xiiju vj8 viij
1 The British Museum [Additional MSS. No. 14,4 15] copy gives /Vtf/^
;M
246 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC., OF THE
There is alsoe Certaine Tythes of Hay and
Corne out of some ffeildes in the parrishe of
Eccleston, Called the Board land Tythes of
ffigdon, of which wee can gett noe Particuler
knowledge, but Estimated to bee worth per anh xiij3 iijd
There is alsoe the Tythes of Hay and Corne
growing within the ffeildes of the Lordshipp of
Baich [Bache] that is worth per ann .... xxx8
acres, rood, perches
(The Total number of acres is 211 01 IQ.1)
All which premises Menconed in this Survey were Leased
by the Deane and Chapter of the Cathedrall Church of Christ
and blessed Virgine Mary, in Chester, by theire Indenture
bearinge date the ffifeteenth day of Aprill, in the ffifth yeare
.of the late Kinge Charles [1629], to Richard Dntton, of the
RentLxxij" Citty of Chester, Esqr., to hould from the day of the Date, for
xv' mjd. ancj durjnge the Naturall Liues of the said RicJiard Dntton,
Edward Dutton, and Richard Dntton, Sonnes of the aforesaid
Richard, payeinge yearely to the aforesaid Deane and Chapter
and theire Successors the sume of Seaventye four pounds
and Tenn Shillings, Att the Lady day and Michaelmas, by
equall porcons, But is worth upon Improuement, ouer and
aboue the said Rent, per ann . . . cccclxxxiiju xviij8 iijd.
The Leassee is to keepe the premisses in repaire, and not
to doe or Willfully suffer any Waste.
There is Twoe Liues in beeinge, (viz*) Richard Button,
aged about ffiftie yeares, Arid Richard Dntton his sonne,
aged aboute Twentye Six yeares.
The premisses were assigned by the said Richard Dntton
unto William Jolly, of Leeke, Esq., for the aforesaid Tearme
as by his Assignem1 bearinge date the second day of ffebruarye,
in the Eleaventh yeare of the late Kinge Charles [1636], may
appeare.
(Memd. — That MT Dntton nor Mr Jolley ever pd the full
rent of 74" io9, in regard they never received all the rent yl
1 British Museum, Additional MSS. No. 14,415.
DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CHESTER. 247
was menconed in ye Lease, There being a rent of i1' 14* 8d
by Tluf Grimsditch to ye Deane & Chapter, wch was always
subducted from the rent payable by ye & Button or Jolley,
& is to be returned with other Surveys by itself, being held
Imed lately from the Dean and Chapter.
Rent of the Lands & Messuages 69" : 8s : 8dl
Recd for Tythes 3« : 6s : 8d.)
(The Improuements of the seuerall Mes- £. s. d.
suages, Lands, and Tenements within the
Lease, besides ye Tythes, is p ann 448 : 8:8
The Improuemts of the seuerall Tythes in the
former Lease is p annum 035 : 10 : o1)
The Improuem1 of the seuerall Tythes in the Redd, for
former Lease is per anri xxxv11 xs T.#h
r nj"
Returned (amongst other thinges) into the Regisf3 Office
in A Suruey of Certaine Messuages & Landes and some
Tythes in the County of the Citty of Chester, the 28th of
August, 1649.
By
JOHN WHITWORTH^
JOHN LYON J-Surueyor3.
CHARLES QUARLES)
[SURVEY OF LANDS, &c, OF THE DEAN AND
CHAPTER OF CHESTER.]
A Suruey of Certaine ffee ffarme Rents and other Reuenues
in the Countye of Chester, Beeinge late parcell of the pos-
sessions of or belonginge to the late Deane and Chapter of
the Cathedrall Church of Christ and the blessed Virgine
Marye in Chester, made and taken by us whose names
1 British Museum, Additional MSS. No. 4MI5-
248 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC., OF THE
are hereunto subscribed, in the Monthes of September and
October, 1649 : By vertue of a Comission to us graunted
grounded upon an Acte of the Coinons of England Assembled
in Parliament for the Abollishinge of Deanes, Deanes and
Chapters, Cannons, Prebends and other Offices and Titles
of and belonging to any Cathedrall or Collegiate Church or
Chappell within England and Wales, under the handes and
Scales of ffive or more of the Trustees in the said Acte
Nominated and appointed.
VICCARIDGES AND RECTORYES BELONGING TO
THE DEANE & CHAPTER OF CHESTER.
The Viccaridge of Oswalds Church in Chester belongeth
to the Deane and Chapter of Chester, to which belongeth
theise particulars ffollowinge : —
VICCARIDGE OF [ST.] OSWALDS.
Inprimis. One viccaridge howse, standinge neare
the Common Hall in Chester, now in the Occupacon
of Mr* Bridge, wife to the late viccar, which Con-
sisteth of one Hall, One Butterie, Sixe little Cham-
bers, and a Stable and Hay lofte much out of
repaire, and one Garden about 2 pole, with a little
yeard before itt, wee vallue to bee worth per anil . . iiiju
The Tythes of the Towne of Saughton and of
Churchen [Churton] Heath belongeth to the same
viccaridge, And is worth p ann xx11
The Curate of the Chappell of Churten [Churton] Heath
Receiued teise Tythes by the Order of the Cofhittee.
Redd. v". The Tythes of Lea alsoe belongeth to the same Viccaridge,
but are Claymed by the Lady Caluely by pretence of a
lease, att the Rent p ann.
There alsoe belongeth to the said Viccaridge One Mes-
suage .lyeinge neare Churchen [Churton] Heath Chappell,
where is a dwellinge howse with Gardens and Orchards and
ffower ffeilds of pasture ground belonginge unto itt
DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CHESTER. 249
One ffeild called the Wheate feilde, Acrs. Roods, pches.
Conteyninge by Estimacon .... 05 or oo
One ffeild called the Church Crofte,
in Estim 03 02 oo
Twoe ffeilds called the Bottomes,
Cont. by Estim . 03 oo oo
In all . . ii 03 oo
The howse and Ground in the Occupacon of John Redd, iiij"
Case, but is out of Lease, and is worth p anfi . . . iiiju
This hath beene Antiently Leased by the Viccar of
Oswalds, but beeinge out of Lease att present is sett this
remainder of the yeare for iiij1'.
RECTORY OF [ST] OSWALDS.
There belongeth to the Rectorie or parsonage of Oswalds
theise thinges ffollowinge : —
Inprimis. The Tythe Barne of Chester and Newton, with
the Tythes of the Town feildes of Chester and Newton, And
of Nyne Closes within the Lordshipp of Blacon, in the
parrish of Oswalds, which is Leased out by the Deane and
Chapter of Chester, as by theire Deed bearinge date the
xxxth of October, 22° Jacob. [1624], appeares, unto George
Manlye, of Laith, Esqr, for the Terme of three Liues, (viz*)
Elizabeth, wife of the said George Manlye, and George Manly
and Richard Manlye, sonnes of the said George, payeinge per
ann the some of Twenty fower poundes, One Shillinge, but
is worth ouer and aboue the rent per ann xiA
All the three Liues are in beinge, (viz1) George Manley,
aged about 50 ; and George Manlye his sonne, aged about 28 ;
and Richard Manly, aged about 24 yeares.
There is also belongeinge to the said Rectorye the R«ld- .§
Tythes of Wirwine [Wervin] and Croughton, which
is by the said Deane and Chapter, by Indenture
dated the 22th of November, in the 8th yeare of the
Raigne of the late Kinge Charles [1632], was Leased
250 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC., OF THE
to John Hurlston, of Picton, Esqr, for the Tearme of
three Liues, (viz*) John Hurlston, diaries Hurlston
his sonne, and ffrances his daughter, payeinge Rent
per ami Seuen pounds sixeteene Shillings, but is
worth ouer and aboue the rent per anfi xxx
All the Liues in beeinge, viz*, John Hurlston, aged about 55 ;
Charles, 26 ; and ffrances Hurlston, 24 yeares.
There is alsoe belonginge to the said Rectory the
Tythe Barne of Boughton, with the yard thereunto
belonginge, And the Tythe Corne and Hay within
the Towneshipps of Boughton, weh by the Deane and
Chapter of Chester, by Indenture dated the 28th of
Redd. xvu November, in the 7th yeare of the late Kinge Charles
[1631], was Leased unto Edward Russell, of Chester,
gentl for the Tearme of Three Liues, (viz*) the said
Edivard Russell, Elline his wife, and Elisabeth his
daughter, payeinge Rent p ann ffifeteene pounds, But
is worth upon Improuement ouer and above the said
Rent p anii XL"
Twoe Liues are in beeinge, (viz1) Edward Russell, aged
about 50 yeares, and Elizabeth, aged about 19 yeares.
RECTORYE OF [ST] OSWALDS.
There is alsoe belonginge to the said Rectorye the
Tythes of Hay and Corne groweinge upon the
Demeasne of Saighton, which hath beene formerly
Redd. xl". Leased to Sr Hughe Caluely, and now Claymed by
the Ladye Caluely to bee Leased by the Deane and
Chapter about 1638, for the Tearme of Twentye one
yeares, att the Rent of ffortie shillings p anfi, but
uppon Improuement is worth ouer and aboue the
Rent per anfi xx !
There is alsoe belongeinge to the said Rectorye
the Tythes of Hay and Corne within the Manner of
Huntington and Cheeuely, formerly Leased to Mf
Beverley by the Deane and Chapter att the Rent of
Twentye Shillinges per anfi ; but for theise 36 yeares
DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CHESTER. 251
last past noe rent paid, neither hath any Tennante
within that Manner or Lordshipp paid any Tythe for
the space of theise xxxtie yeares.
There is alsoe belonginge to the said Rectorye the Redd. v«.
Altrages and Leastalls within the parishe Church of ™£ is«p
Oswalds, with all other thinges thereunto belonginge, bee sold,
which was by the Deane and Chapter of Chester
formerly Leased to Gayner Case, And is now noe
better though in possession, but sett att the same
Rate, which is p ann.
There is alsoe belonginge to the said Rectorye the
Tythe of Dee Mills and ffishinge of the Kings Poole,
formerlye Leased by the Deane and Chapter to
Sr ff rands Gamull, of Chester, att the Rent of ffiue
pounds p ann, But nowe through the decaye of the
Mills by the pulling downe of the Causie by Order Redd. vu
of Parliament, they are unserviceable, and soe noe
Rent paid ; but theire is some thoughts of makeinge
them serviceable hereafter.
There is alsoe belonginge to the said Rectory the
Tythes of Corne, Hay, Hempe, fflaxe, called Board
land Tythes, groweinge within the Towne feilds,
Hamletts, and Tytheable places of great Caldees
[Caldey], Little Caldees [Caldey], Newton with the
Winges Lawton, Great Meales [Meols], and Greasbey
[Greasby], within the parrish of West Kerbey [Kirby],
together with the Board land Tythes of Irebey [Irby],
within the said parrish, and the Board land Tythes of
Irebey [Irby] in the parrish of Thurstaston and
Wood Church was by the Deane and Chapter, by
Indenture dated the 27th of November, in the 15th of
the late Kinge Charles [1639], Leased to Richard
Malloroy, of Moborly, gentt, and Henry Harper, of
Chester, gentt, for the Tearme of Twentye and One
yeares, yeildinge and payeinge Rent per ann ffifetye
three shillings and foure pence, but are worth upon
Improuement, ouer and aboue the Rent, per ann . . XL1'
252 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC., OF THE
RECTORY OF SHOTTWICKE [SHOTVVICK].
There is belonginge to the Rectory of Shottwicke
[Shotwick] the Tythe Barne of Shottwicke, with all
Tythes of Corne, Hay, Wooll, Lambe, ffishe, small
and privy Tythes, within Shottwicke and Woodbancke,
which were by the Deane and Chapter of Chester, by
theire Lease dated 3oth of November, in the 6th of
King James [1608], Leased to M r Henry Wilkinson
for the space of three Hues, (viz1) Anne, the wife of
George Lloyd, Bishopp of Chester, and David and
John, sonnes of the said George, payeinge per ann for
Redd. Tythe Corne three pounds and twoe pence, for Tythe
V"J VIJ • ffisht Hay, Wool, Lambe, Twentye one shillings eight
pence, for the Easter Rowle, ffortye shillings; and for
Oblacons Obvencons, ffortye ffiue shillings twoe
pence, in all eight pounds and seaven shillings, but is
worth upon Improvement, ouer and aboue the Rent,
per ann xxu
There is one Life in beeinge, (viz1) Dauid Lloyd, aged
about ffortie.
There is alsoe belonginge to the said Rectory of
Shottwicke [Shotwick] the Tythe Barne of Lead-
sham [Ledsham], with the Tythes of Corne and Hay
within the Towneshipps of Great Saughall, Little
Redd. Saughall, Leadsham [Ledsham], and Copenhurst
[Capenhurst] , which were by the Deane and Chapter
of Chester, by theire Indenture bearinge date the
29th of November, in the 15th of the late Kinge
Charles [1639], Leased to Thomas Glassier, of Lea,
Esqr, for the Tearme of Twentye and one yeares,
payeinge the Rent of Twenty and ffiue pounds p ann,
but are worth upon Improuement, ouer and aboue
the said Rent, p ann XLU
There are n yeares to come the 29th of November, 1649.
The Advowsons or presentacons that doe belonge to the
Deane and Chapter of Chester are theise followinge : —
DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CHESTER. 253
I
DODLESTON.
There is belongeinge to the said Deane and Chap-
ter the Advowson or Presentacon of the Rectorye or
Parsonage of Dodleston, in the Countye of Chester,
To which belongeth a Parsonage house, with Stables
and Barnes much out of repayre, Alsoe certaine par-
cells of Gleabe Land, &c.
There is alsoe belongeinge to the said Rectory the
Tythes of Corne, Hay, Hempe, Wooll, Lambe, fflaxe,
and of the Towneshipp of Dodleston, which is worth
per anii XL11
There is alsoe belonginge to the said Rectorye the
Tythes of Hay, Corne, Wool, Lambe, Hempe, fflaxe,
and of the Towneshipp of Hyer [Higher] Kinerton •
[Kinnerton], which is worth p ann XLH
There is alsoe belonginge to the said Rectory the
Tythe of Hay, Corne, Wooll, Lambe, Hempe, fflaxe,
and of the Towneshipp of Lower Kinerton [Kinner-
ton], which is worth per ann XXH
The prsent Minister that is there, One Mr James Huttch-
enson, prsented thither by the Comittee of Plundred Ministers.
HANLYE [HANDLE Y].
There is alsoe belonginge to the said Deane and
Chapter the Advowson or presentacon of the Rec-
torye or Parsonage of Hanlye [Handley] in the
Countye of Chester. To which belongethe a Par-
sonage howse, with Barnes, Stables, Orchards, and
Garden, with a pidgion howse, now decayed, Alsoe
Gleabe Land, &c.
There is alsoe the Tythe Corne, Hay, Wooll, &
Lambe, and of the Towneshipp of Hanly [Handley]
and Goulbourne [Golbourn] Dauid, which are worth
per ann xxxv '
254 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC., OF THE
CODDINGTON.
There alsoe belongeth to the Deane and Chapter the
Advowson or prsentacon of the Rectorye or Parsonage of
Coddington, in the Countye of Chester.
To which belongeth an old parsonage howse with Garden,
Orchard, and one Close of Glebe land called the Spring,
buttinge south upon a highe way and north upon Sr Thomas
Wilbrahams Ground, &c.
There belongeth to this Rectory the Tythe Corne
and Hay of Coddington, worth per ann XXXH
There alsoe belongeth to this Rectory the halfe of
the Tythe Corne and Hay within the Towneshipp of
Chowly, which is worth p ann vju
*.
There alsoe belongeth to this Rectory the third ptc
of the Tithes of Aldersey, which are worth p ann . iiijh
There is one Mr Richard Vaughan that is Minister there.
NORTHERDEN [NORTHENDEN].
There is alsoe belonginge to the said Deane and Chapter
the Advowson or presentacon of the Rectory or parsonage of
Northerden [Northenden], in the said Countie of Chester, To
which belongeth, &c.
There belongeth to this Rectory the Tythe Corne
and Hay of Northerden [Northenden], All which
wee value to be worth p ann c11
There is one Mr Henry Dunstarr that is Minister there,
and prsented thither by the Comittee of Plundered Ministers,
hee is an honest, able Minister.
THURSTINGTON [THURSTASTON].
There alsoe belongeth to the Deane and Chapter of
Chester the Advowson or presentacon of the Rectoiy or
Parsonage of Thurstington [Thurstaston], &c.
DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CHESTER. 255
There is alsoe belonginge to this Rectory the
Tythe Corne, Hay, Wooll, Lambe, Hempe, fflaxe, &c.,
within theTowneshipp of Thurstington [Thurstaston],
And alsoe of the Manner hovvse and demeasne of
Ireby [Irby], which wee vallue to bee worth per ann XLU
There is one Mr Bryan Lassells, a blinde man, Minister
there, whoe was prsented by the Bishop of Lincolne and
some other Lords, and was Instituted and Inducted about
the xxxth Decembr, 1641.
WEST KERBEY [KIRBY].
There is alsoe belongeing to the said Deane and Chapter
of Chester the Advowson or presentacon of the Rectory or
Parsonage of West Kerbey [Kirby]; in the Hundred of
Werrall [Wirrall] and the Countye of Chester, &c.
There is alsoe belonginge to this Rectorye the
Tythe Hay, Corne, fflaxe, Hempe, Wooll, Lambe, &c.,
of Greasbey [Greasby], Caldee [Caldey], and Little
Meales [Meols], which is valued to bee worth per ann c11
There is alsoe belonginge to this Rectory the
Tythe Corne and Hay, Hempe, fflaxe, Wooll, and
Lambe, in the Townshipps of ffranckbey [Frankby]
and Great Meales [Meols], which are allowed to M™
Glover for her ffifth, and estimated p ann . , . . xxvu
The prsent Minister there is one Mr Merecott, whoe was
prsented thither by the Comittee of Plundered Ministers.
THE VICARIDGE OF NESTON.
There is alsoe belonginge to the said Deane and Chapter
of Chester the Advowson or presentacon of the Viccaridge
of Neston, to which apperteyneth one Viccaridge howse, &c.
There belongeth to the said Viccaridge the Tythe Corne,
Hay, Hempe, fflaxe, Piggs, and Goose in the Townships
of Great Neston, Thornton, Rabye [Raby], and Laighton
[Leighton], and Tythe Hempe, fflaxe, Pigg, and Goose, in
the Townshipps of Little Neston, Ness Ledsham, and
Williston [Willaston].
256 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC., OF THE
The viccar hath alsoe for Tythe Cowe, a penny Tythe,
Calfe a ofc.
The whole is estimated to be worth p ann . . . cxxxv11
There is one Mr MarcJiden is Minister there, whoe was
presented by the Comittee for Plundered Ministers.
There alsoe belongeth to the said Deane and Chapter the
Advowson or presentacon of the Viccaridge of Esthame
[Eastham], in the hundred of Werrell [Wirrall] and Countye
of Chester, &c.
There alsoe belongeth to the same Viccaridge the Tythe
of Hay, Wooll, Lambe, Pigg, • Goose, Hempe, fflaxe, and
Gorse, in the Towneshipps of Childer, Thorneton, Over Poole,
Netherpoole, and Hootton, And the Tythe of Wooll, Lambe,
Pigg, Goose, Hempe, fflaxe, and Gorse, in the Towneshipps
of Great Sutton, Little Sutton, and Whittbey [Whitby].
The whole Viccaridge besides the Gleabe wee
vallue to bee worth per ann xx11
REPRIZALLS.
Wee finde that the Deane and Chapter Stand Chargeable
with the payements of these pticular somes under menconed
by theire patent from Queene Elizabethe, (viz1) —
To the Viccar of Shottwicke [Shotwick],
ann
To the Viccar of [S4] Bridgetts [Bridget's], in
Chester, p ann iiiju
To the Viccar of [S1] Oswalds in Chester,
p ann iju
To the Viccar of Bromborough, p ann . . . iiiju vjs viijd
To the Minister att Ince, p ann iiiju vjs viijd
To the Minister of Chelford, p ann .... iiiju vjs viijd
To the Minister of Wirrwine [Wervin], p
ann iiiju vjs viij'1
DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CHESTER. 257
Returned (amongst other thinges) into the Regist™ Office
the 17th of September, 1649, By
JOHN WHITWORTH^
JOHN LYON t-Surveyo".
CHARLES QUARLES)
[SURVEY OF LANDS, &c, OF WARDENS AND
FELLOWS OF THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH,
MANCHESTER.]
A Suruey of the Mannor of Newton, with the Rightes,
Members, and appurtenances thereof, as alsoe of the Tenthes,
Tythes, and Offerings of the Impropriate Parsonage of the
Parrish of Manchester, in the Countye of Lancaster, formerly
belonging to the late Warden and ffellowes of the Collegiate
Church of Christ in Manchester, Made and taken by us
whose names are hereunto subscribed, in the Monthes of
October and November, 1649, By vertue of A Commission
to us granted, Grounded upon an Acte of the Cofnons of
England Assembled in Parliament for the Abolishinge of
Deanes, Deanes and Chapters, Cannons, Prebends, and other
Officers and Titles of and belonginge to any Cathedrall or
Collegiate Church or Chappell within England and Wales,
under the handes and Scales of ffive or more of the Trustees
in the said Acte Nominated and appointed.
The Annuall Value of the Tythes of the Seuerall Towne-
shipps & Villages within the parishe of Manchester Com-,
munib} Annis.
The Impropriate Parsonage of the Parrish
of Manchester : —
Manchester, Salford, & Collyhurst .... LXU
Cheetham & Tetlow xxij"
Broughton xxiju
s
2 58 SURVEY OF LANDS, ETC., OF THE
Slade, Greenlowe, & Chorlton xv11
Hulmejuxta Manchester vju xs
Didesburye [Didsbury] & Withington . . XLVJU
Ledsham xu
Blakeley [Blackley] xxvju
Kirsall [Kersal] vj11 xiijs iiijd
Kirkmanshulme iiiju
Rushulme [Rusholme] viu
Heaton Norris Lh
Birch Hall & Howses iiiju
Bromage [Burnage] ixu
Broadstone [Broughton] . vju xiijs iiijd
ffallowfeild [Fallowfield] vli
Streethouse lane viijd
Mosside [Moss Side] iiju vjs viijd
Reddishe [Reddish] xviip
Denton & Haughton XLU
Gorton xxiju
ffailesworth [Failsworth] xviiju
Droilesden [Droylsden] xvu
Newton xxvu
Moston xiiju
Nuthurst v11
Clayton xvju
Tythes held by Description for wch theise
ensuing Annuall Rents are paid : —
Sr A lexander Radcliffe, for the Tythes of
Ordsall, payeth Rent p ann irp vj8 viijd
M™ Anne Moseley, for the Tythes of Hough-
end [Hough's End], payeth Rent p ann . . . xxxvj8 viijd
Mr Nicholas Moseley, of the Ancoates [An-
coats], for the Tythes of Hop wood [and]
Cleydon [Clayden], payeth Rent per ann . . xxij8
The Easter Rowle and Privey Tythes when
duely Collected were estimated to bee worth
p ann cu
They were formerly enioyed by One Adlington by vertue
COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF MANCHESTER. 259
of an Antient Lease, thought to bee invallid, and in Suite
betwixt him & the late Warden and ffellowes before theise
last differences.
James Ashton, Esq., payeth for Tythe p ann . . . ij« yjd
TheTythes of CorneandG[r]aine within theise To wneshipps. Tythes
^ Alsoe the Tythe Wooll, Hempe and fflaxe, Lambe and cr^mTali
Calues, within the whole parrishe. [cSp-
The last afore menconed Tythes of Corne, Grayne, Hempe, Bradford,
fflaxe, &c., were by Indenture dated the viijth of November, both Ard-
20° Jacob. [1622], Granted by the then Warden and ffellowes wicks-
to Charles Hayworth, Esqr, and John Gaskine, of Manchester,
in Trust for William Bourne for the Tearme of Three Liues, Redd xvj'
(viz4) William Bourne, Mary his wife, and Elizabeth hisxv>§iJd-
daughter, payeinge p ann Sixteene pounds sixteene shillings
and twoe pence, but is worth ouer and aboue the Rent per
ann XXL.
One life is in beeinge, viz* Marye Bourne, aged about
60 yeares.
Shee hath beene by the last warden and ffellowes (under
pretence of purchaseinge in her Lease) depriued of Receiue-
inge any Tythes att all, and therefore hath paid noe Rent.
Stredford [Stretford], Trafford, Halfe Chorton [Chorlton],
& Guild Houses.
The Tythes of all the last menconed Towneshipps
and places are held by Sr Cicell Trafford, knight, by
vertue of a Lease dated the third of October, in the
Eleauenth yeare of Queene Elizabeth [1569], from
the then Warden and ffellowes to Edmond Trafford,
Esqr, for the Tearme of Twentye one yeares after the
expiracon of a fformer Lease made to ST Eduwnd
Trafford, knight, And soe from One and Twentye %dd:..'1jlj
yeares to One and Twentye yeares untill Ninety and
Nyne Yeares bee expired, payeinge per ann six
pounds thirteene shillings and foure pence, att Lady
Day and Michas, by equall porcons, But is worth
uppon Improuement over and above the said Rent
per ann ,,.... xxxu
S 2
260 SURVEYS OF LANDS, ETC., OF THE
ffor non payement of the Rent within fortye daycs, if
lawefully demanded, to Reenter.
There is 19 yeares in beeinge if computed from the Date
of the Lease.
Annuall Rents for Tythes : —
The Towneshipp of Broughton for Tythe Hay
payeth per anfi xiij8 iiijd
Ordsall for Tyth Hay payeth p anfi .... xx8
Moston for Tyth Hay payeth p anfi .... iij8
Ancoats for Tyth Hay payeth p anfi . . . . vj8
Cleyden [Clayden] for Tyth Hay payeth p anfi iij8
IN CHORLTON ROWE.
Mr John Hartley for Tyth Hay payeth p anfi . x8
Mr Will. Holland for Tyth Hay payeth p anfi . xs
Mr Cheetham for Tyth Hay payeth p anfi . . iiij8 viijd
Mr Edward Wallworke ais Richardson for Tythe
hay payeth p anfi iiijs
Roger Pcwall \PercivaU~\ for Tythe Hay payeth
p anfi iij8 viijd
Memorandums.
The vallue of the Tythes of the Im-
propriate Parsonage of the parrishe of
Manchester that are now in present
possession are worth per ann, together
with the Easter Rowle, 6i5u i89 4d . . ccccccxv11 xviij8 iiijd
The Improved vallue of the Tythes
of the Impropriate parsonage of Man-
chester, when they are out of Lease,
are per anfi Ln : — : —
There is within the parrish of Manchester Nyne Chappells
of Ease that haue noe allowance to the Ministers, only
Salford Chappell Twenty pounds per anfi, and Dedesbury
[Didsbury] aboute twelve pounds per anfi.
COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF MANCHESTER. 261
The Names of the Chappells are theise : —
Dedesbury [DidsburyJ Birch Newton
Chorlton Gorton Blakely [Blackley]
Stretford Denton Salford.
Returned (amongst other things) into the Regist™ Office,
in the Survey of the Mannor of Newton, the 19th of December,
1649,
By
JOHN WHITWORTH^
Exd RA. HALL, JOHN LYON j-Surveyo™.
Regist1 Depu?. CHARLES QUARLES)
263
INDEX OF PLACES.
The modern spelling is followed in this Index.
Abram, 62
Accrington, 165
Adgarley, 138
Adlington Heath, 99
Admarsh Chapel, 126
Agecroft, 16
Aldersey, 254
Alkrington, 15, 16
Allathorne, 213
Allerscholes, 18
Allerton, 195
Allithwaite, 142
Alston, 199
Alston cum Hothersall, 169
Altcar, 95
,, Church, 95
Altham Chapel, 165
Amounderness Hundred, 144-157
Ancoats, 260
Anderton, 99
Appleton, 75
Arbury, 50
Ardwick, 8, 9
Arkholme Chapel, 123
Arlecdon, 188
Ashdale, 222
Ashton (Amounderness), 145
,, (Lancaster), 125
,, in Makerfield Chapel, 48
,, -under- Lyne, 21, 22
,, „ Church, 21
Ashworth Chapel, 26
Asley Chapel, 57
Aspull, 64
Atherton, 56
,, Chapel, 56
Aughton, 94, 95
„ Church, 94
,, (Lonsdale) 130
( „ ) Chapel, 131
Backford, 217
Bacup, 1 68
Badsea, 138
Badsbury, 126, 132
Baits, 246
Balderston Chapel, 161
Bamford, 26, 43
Bare, 125
Barnacre, 150
Barrow (Old), 137
Barton Chapel [Amounderness], 146
,, Church [Eccles], 13
Becconsale, no
Bedford, 56
Bedston, 215
Bees, St., 221
Benton, 15
Bickerstaffe, 93
Biggar, 136
Billinge Chapel, 62
Billington, 160
Bilsborrow, 149
Birch Chapel, n, 12, 13, 261
Birtle, 26
Bispham, 110-112
„ Chapel, 151
Blackburn, 158-161
,, Church, 158
,, Hundred, 158-170
Blackley, 6, 257
,, Chapel, 9, 10, 261
Blackpool, 152
Blackrod Chapel, 33, 34
Blacon, 249
Blawith Chapel, 140
Bleasdale, 126
Bold, 76
Bollen, 177
Bolton in Lonsdale, 220
Bolton-le-Moors, 24,27,30-34, 188,195
,, ,, Church, 30
Bolton-le-Sands, 129, 130
„ „ Church, 129
Bootle, 84
Berwick, 121
Boughton, 250
Bowdon, 174
Bradford, 6, 8
Bradley Church, 219
Bradshaw Chapel, 33
Brathay, 139
Bretherton, 109
Bridget's, St. (Chester), 256
Briercliffe, 166
Brindle, 104, 105
„ Chapel, 104
264
INDEX OF PLACES.
Brockholes, 144
Bromborough, 256
Broughton, ir, 142, 257, 258, 260,
,, Chapel (Amounderness), 146
,, Chapel (Lonsdale) 136
Bryninge with Kellamergh, 154-156
Bud worth, Little, 173
Burnage, 258
Burnley Chapel, 1 66
Burrow, 119
Burscough, 90
Burton Wood Chapel, 52
Bury, 38—45
,, Church, 38
Butterworth, 21
Cabus, 150
Cadley, 126
Cadley, Great and Little, 251-255
Cantsfield, 119
Capernwray, 129
Carlton, 151
Cartmel, 141-143, 192
,, Fell Chapel, 142, 193
,, Church, 141, 192
Castleton, 19, 174
,, Church, 174
Caton, 125
,, Chapel, 126
Catterall, 149
Cawood, 123
Charnock Richard, 98, 99
Chatburne, 164
Cheetham, 10, 12, 257
Cheevely, 250
Chelford, 256
Chester, 223-245, 249
Child wall, 66-70, 194, 195
„ Church, 67
Chipping, 169, 170, 196
,, Church, 169, 248
Chorley, 112-115
,, Chapel, 112
Chorlton, 258
„ Chapel, 5, 11-13, 261
Chowley, 254
Church Kirk Chapel, 167
Churchton Heath, 248
,, ;, Chapel, 248
Clapham (York), 220
Claughton (Amounderness), 149
,, Church (Lonsdale), 119
Clayden, 260
Clayton, 102, 258
„ -le-Dale, 160
„ -le-Moors, 163
Clevely, 129
Clifton, 15, 1 6
,, cum Pendlebury, 18
,, ,, Sal wick, 154
Tlitheroe Chapel, 165
Cliviger, 164
Cocken, 137
Cockerham, 128-129
„ Church, 128
Cockey Chapel, 27
Coddington, 254
Collyhurst, 257
Colne Chapel, 163
Colt Park, 134
Colton Chapel, 139
Coniston, 139
,, Chapel, 140
Constablebooth, 167
Copenhurst, 253
Coppull, 98
,, Chapel, loo
Cottam, 145
Cottingham, 202
Coulthouse, 139
Crawshaw Booth, 167
Croft, 50
Cronton, 77
Crosby Magna Chapel, 85
Croston, 108-115
,, Church, 1 08
Croughton, 249
Crumpsall, 9, IO, 259
Cuerden, 103
Cuerdley, 77
Culcheth Chapel, 50
Dalepark, 139
Dalton, 60, 211
,, in Furness, 136-7
,, ,, Church, 136
Darwin, Nether, 150
Deadwinclough, 168
Dean, 14, 15, 24, 36-38
,, Church, 16, 37
Dendron Chapel, 134
Denton, 258
,, Chapel, 9, 12, 261
Derby Chapel [see West Derby]
„ Hundred, 46-96
Didsbury, 13, 258
,, Chapel, 11-13, 260
Dilworth, 169, 199
Ditton, 77
Docker, 122
Dodleston Rectory, 253
Douglas Chapel, 116
Downham Chapel, 165
Downholland, 87
Droylsden, 258
Dutton, 169, 199
Duxbury, 99
Easingwold, 206
Eastham Vicarage, 256
Eccles, 6
„ Church, 13, 1 6, 17
Eccleston, 72, 115, 117, 246
,, Church, 115
„ Magna, 147
INDEX OF PLACES.
265
Eccleston Parva, 154, 156
Edenfield Chapel, 42, 44
Egton, 140
Ellel, 128
,, Chapel, 129
Ellenbrooke Chapel, 14, 38
Elston, 145
Elswick, 147
,, Chapel, 148
Euxton, 1 02
,, Chapel, 102
Everton, 83
Failsworth, 6, 7, 258
Fallowfield, 258
Farington, 105
Farleton, 124
Farnworth Chapel, 75, 76
Fearneshead, 54
Fieldhead, 139
Filly Close, 165
Finstate, 139
Fish wick, 144
Flixton, 5, 14
„ Church, 1 6, 17
Flookburgh Chapel, 142, 193
Formby, 82
,, Chapel, 82
Forton, 129
Foulridge, 164
Frankby, 255
Freckleton, 154
Fullwood, 125, 131-2
Garstang, 132, 149-150
,, Church, 149
,, Chapel, 150
Garston Chapel, 69
Gayles, 21 1
Glasson, 126
Gleaston, 134
Godley, 187
Golborne, 49, 253
Goodshaw Chapel, 168
Goosnargh ,, 155
Gorton, 6, 12, 258
„ Chapel, 8, 9, 261
Graithwaite, 139
Greasby, 251, 255
Greenhalgh, 154
Greenlowe, 258
Gressingham, 125
,, Chapel, 127
Grizedale, 139
Grimsargh, 145
Haigh, 60
Haighton, 145
Hale Chapel, 66
Halsall, 86-88
„ Church, 86
Halton, 130-1
,, Church, 130
Hambleton, 148
Hambleton Chapel, 156
Hamer, 1 8
Handley Rectory, 253
Hapton, 163
Hardhorne-cum-Newton, 157
Harpurhey, 10
Harwood, 160
,, Chapel, 161
Haslingden Chapel, 167
Hattersley, 187 "
Haughton, 50, 258
Hawcoat, 136
Hawkshead, 138-140
,, Church, 138
Haydock, 49
Hayle Chapel, 195
Heap, 42
Heapey, 103
,, Chapel, 103
Heaton, 15, 258
„ (Lonsdale), 125
,, Norris, 9, 1 1
Hesketh, no
Heyhouses, 164
Heysham, 131
,, Church, 131
Heywood Chapel, 41, 42
High Wray, 139
Hindley Chapel, 6 1
Holcombe Chapel, 44
Holker, 142
Holland, 60, 6 1
,, Church, 60
Hollingworth, 187
Holmes, 100
„ Chapel, 167
Hoole (Much and Little), no, 115
,, Church, 115
Hopwood, 43
Hormby Chapel, 123
Horwick Chapel, 37
Hothersall, 169, 199
Houghton, 103
Howick, 105
Hulme, 5, 258
Hundersfield, 18
Huntington, 250
Huyton, 75
„ Church, 78
Ightenhill Park, 166
Ince, 63, 256
Ingoll, 148
Inskip, 147
Irby, 251
Ireby, 119
Ireleth, 138
Kellamergh, 156
Kellet, Nether and Over, 129
,, Over Chapel, 130
Kenion, 48-9
Kersal, 258
266
INDEX OF PLACES.
Kersall, II
Kersley, 15, 1 6
Kinnerton, 253
Kirby Chapel, 8 1, 207
Hill, 211
Ireleth, 135-6
„ Chapel, 135
Ravensworth, 211
Rectory, 255
West, 251
Kirkdale, 83
Kirkham, 153-156
„ Church, 153
Kirkmanshulme, 4, 6, 258
Laighton, 255
Lancaster, 125-128
,, Church, 125
Langho Chapel, 160
Larbrick, 154-156
Lathom, 91
„ Hall Chapel, 91
Law Chapel, 160
Lawton, 251
Layton, 151
Lea, 145, 146, 248
Ledsham, 252, 255, 258
Leek Chapel, 119
Leigh, 14
Lever (Great), 24, 27
„ (Little), 15, 16, 27, 30
Leyland, 101-104
„ Church, 101
„ Hundred, 97-117
Linacre, 84
Lindale Chapel, 143
Lindeth, 122
Littleborough Chapel, 19
Little Lever (see Lever)
„ Woolton, 68
Liverpool, 84
,, Chapel, 84
Livesay cum Tockholes, 159
Llanbeblig, 172
„ Church, 172
Llangarthen, 171
Longridge Chapel, 169
Longton, 106
,, Chapel, 1 06
Lonsdale Hundred, 118-131
,, north of the Sands, 131-143
Lowick, 140
„ Chapel, 161
Lowton, 48, 49
Lund Chapel, 146, 155
Lydiate, 87
Lytham, 156, 157
,, Church, 156 !
Maghull (or Male) Chapel, 87
Manchester, 4-12, 257-261
Church, 4, 257
„ College, 4, 257
Mansrigg, 140
Marland, 43
Martinscroft, 54
Marton, 151
Matley, 187
Mawdesley, no, 1 12
Mearley, 164
Medlar cum Wesham, 154
Mellin , 122-124
,, & Church, 122
Chapel, 86
Mellor cum Eccleshill, 160
Meols, Great, 251, 255
Michael Le Wyre, St., 146-148
,, ,, Church, 146
Middleton, 16, 23-27, 50
,, Church, 23
,, (Lonsdale), 125
Midgehall, 126, 131
Milnrow Chapel, 21
Mitton, 165
Moss Side, 258
Moston, 10, 258, 260
Mottram, 186
Much Woolton, 68
Myerscough, 126, 132
Nantwich, 244, 245
Nately, 150
Neston Vicarage, 255
Newbarrow, 137
Newbiggin, 134
Newchurch in Pendle Chapel, 1 68
,, in Rossendale Chapel, 168
New Forest, 211
Newhall Hey Booth, 167
Newland, 140, 165
Newsham, 155, 211
Newton, 136, 187, 213, 249, 251
,, Chapel, 6-8, 10, 261
„ Vicarage, 255
„ (West Derby) Chapel, 47, 48
,, (Lonsdale), 122
New Town, 136
Nibthwaite, 139
Norbrecke, 151
Northend, 137
Northenden Rectory, 254
North Scale, 137
Nuthurst, 258
Oakenhead Booth, 167
Oldham Church, 22, 23
Openshaw, 8
Ordsall, 260
Ormskirk, 89-94
,, Church, 89
Orrell, 62
Osbaldeston, 159
Osmonderley, 140
Oswald's (St.), 251, 256
,, Vicarage, 248
Oswald twistle, 164
INDEX OF PLACES.
267
Outwood, 1 6
Over Darwen Chapel, 161
Over in Edisbury, 218
Overton, 125
,, Chapel, 126
Padiham Chapel, 164
Parr, 74
Patrick Brompton, 212
Peasholmes, 136
Pemberton, 64
Pendle Forest, 168
Pendleton (Blackburn), 164
„ (Salford), 6
Penketh, 77
Pennington, 56
„ (Lonsdale), 133
„ Church, 133
Penwortham, 105-107
„ Church, 105
Pilkington, 15
Pilling Chapel, 150
Pils worth, 25, 26, 43
Pleasington, 159
Poulton-on-the-Fylde, 150, 151
„ „ „ Church, 150
,, -le-Sands, 125
„ (West Derby), 54
Prescot, 70-74, 75-9, 144-146
,, Church, 144
Prestwich, 14, 16, 24, 29, 44
„ Church, 14, 15
Quernmore, 125
Raby, 255
Radcliffe Church, 29
Rainford Chapel, 78
Rainhill, 72
Rampside Chapel, 137
Raskelf, 207
Ravensworth, 211
Rawcliffe, 147, 156
Rawtenstallbooth, 167
Read, 163
Reddish, 9, II, 258
Reedley Hollows, 1 66
Ribbleton, 145
Ribby-with-Wray, 154, 156
Ribchester, 168-170, 197
,, Church, 1 68
Ringley Chapel, 14, 15, 38
Rishton, 160
Rivington, 34, 36
Rixton and Glazbrook Chapel, 53
Rochdale, 19, 26
,, Church, 19
Roeburndale, 124
Roosebeck, 134
Roseacre, 154, 156
Rossecoate, 136
Rossendale, 167
„ Forest, 45
Royton, 23
Rufford Chapel, 1 10
Rusholme, 258
Rusland, 139
St. Bees, 221
,, Helen's Chapel, 73
,, Michael Le Wyre, 146-148
Salesbury, 160
Salford, 4, 14, 257
„ Chapel, 6, 260
,, Hundred, 4-45
Samlisbury Chapel, 1 60
Sankey, 77, 195
Santley, 195
Satterthwaite, 139
,, Chapel, 140
Saughall, Great and Little, 252
Saughton, 248, 250
Saurey, 248, 250
Scales, 134
Scarisbrick Chapel, 92
Scottforth, 125
Scotton, 213
Seathwaithe Chapel, 136
Sephton, 85-86
„ Church, 85
Shaw, 1 6
„ Chapel, 22, 23
Shevington, 98
Shire Side Chapel, 129
Shotwick Rectory, 252, 256
Silverdale, 121
Simonstone, 163
Singleton Chapel, 155
Skelmersdale, 94
Skelwith, 139
Skerton, 125
Slade, 258
Slyne, 129
Smithdon, 8l
Sollom, no
Southend, 136
Southworth, 50
Sowerbie, 147
Spotland, 20, 21
Stainton, 138
Stalmine, 125, 132
„ Chapel, 126
Standish, 97, 101
,, Church, 97
Staveley Chapel, 139, 142
Stockport Church, 9
Stretford, 5, 259
„ Chapel, 5, 261
Stydd Church, 170
Sunbrick, 134
Sutton, 74
„ Great and Little, 256
Tarleton, no
Taraehole-hill, 139
Tarniker, 147
Tatham, 120
268
INDEX OF PLACES.
Tatham Chapel, I2O
,, Church, 1 20
Tetlow, n, 257
Thistleton, 154, 156
Thornham, 24, 25
Thornley, 170
Thornton, 151, 255
,, Steward, 214
Threlfall Chapel, 155
Thurstaston, 251
,, Rectory, 254
Thumham, 125, 129
Tintwistle, 187
Tockholes, 139
,, Chapel, 1 60
Todmorden Chapel, 19, 20
Tonge, 15, 1 6
Torrisholme, 125
Torver, 140
Tottington, 43-45
Toxteth Park, 81, 125
,, Chapel, 81, 126
Trafford, 259
Trawden, 164
Treales, 154
Tunstal, 118, 119
,, Chapel, 118
Tunstall, 168
Turston, 164
Turton Chapel, 32
Twiston, 165
Ulneswalton, 109
Ulverston, 140-141
,, Chapel, 140
Urmston, 17
Urswick, 138
,, Church, 138
Wallasey, 216
Wallon, 142
Walmesley Chapel, 32
Walney Chapel, 137
Walton-on-the-Hill, 81-85
,, ,, Church, 8 1
Warbrecke, 151
Warrington, 51, 54, 195
,, Church, 51
Warton, 121-2
,, (Amounderness), 156
„ Church, 121
Washton, 211
Wastdale, 222
Wavertree, 69
Weeton-with-Preese, 156
Welsh Whittle, 98
Wennington, 123
Wervin, 249, 256
Westby-cum-Plumpton, 154, 156
West Derby Hundred, 46-96
» » Chapel, 83
,, Leigh, 55-59
„ „ Church, 55
Westhoughton Chapel, 37, 38
Weston, 245
Weverham, 215
Whalley, 161-168
„ Church, 161
Wharles, 154
Wheatley, 170
Wheelton, 103
Whilpshire-cum-Dinkley, 1 60
Whiston, 71
Whitby, 256
Whitechapel (see Threlfall)
Whitewell Chapel, 168
Whittington, 122
,, Church, 122
Whittingham, 155
Whittle-le- Woods, 104
Whitworth Chapel, 20, 21
Widnes, 75
Wigan, 50-65, 172
,, Church, 59
Willaston, 255
Windhill, 134
Windle, 72
Winmarleigh, 150
Winstanley, 62
Winwick, 46-51
,, Church, 46
Wistaston, 245
Wiswell, 164
Withington, 12, 258
Withnall, 103
Witton, 159
Wolfenden, 168
Woodchurch, 245, 251
Woodland Chapel, 136
Wood-Plumpton, 146, 148, 149, 155
,, ,, Chapel, 148
Woolston, 54
Woolton, 68
Worlestone, 245
Worsley, 4
Worstorn, 164
Worthington, 98
Wray, 124
Wrayton, 123
Wrightington, in
Wyersdale, 125
,, Chapel, 126
,, Lower, 129, 150
Yealand Conyers, 121
,, Redmayne, 121
269
INDEX OF NAMES.
The names of Ministers are printed in italics.
Ackars, John, 65, 75
„ Richard, 75, 78
„ Thomas, 75
William, 78
Acton, Captain, 244
Adam, Mr., 217
Adams, Richard, 49, 245
Ainsworth, Richard, 158, 170
Aldersey, John, 244
Allen, Isaac, 14, 15, 54
Allenson, George, 34, 97, 107
„ Robert, 35, 99, 143
Almond, Thomas, 205, 206
Alte, William, 39, 40
Amberiley, William, 243
Ambrose, Ellis, 108
,, Isaac, 140, 146
, , Peter, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 76, 9 1
Anderson, John, 239
,, Robert, 206
Anderton, Christopher, 13, 30, 31, 149
,, Henry, 34
,, James, 99, 102, 160, 188,
191, 194
,, John, 49
„ Mr., 32-34, 36, 38, 102,
138, 191
,, Roger, 194
,, Robert, 35
,, Widow, 99
Andrews, Ottiwell, 19, 28
Angier, John, 13
Ansden, Robert, 233
Armitsteed, William, 157
Arrowsmith, Gilbert, 52
„ Roger, 54
Widow, 74
Ashall, Ralph, 34
Ashburner, Richard, 133, 143
Askcroft, Henry, 96
,, James, 92
„ John, 89, 96
„ Richard, 107, 117
Askew, Mr., 136
Asmulls, Anthony, 23
Aspden, John, 158, 170
Aspinall, John, 86
„ Samuel, 80, 88
Aspinall, William, 87
Ashton, Edmund, 14, 54
,, Henry, 51
„ James, i, 18, 65-67, 70, 96, 259
„ Radcliffe, 186, 187
„ Ralph, Sir, 187
Aspinwall, Henry, 88
„ Jerehiah, i, 3, 118, 124,
125, 132, 133, 143, 144,
149, 152, 157, 158, 170
„ John, 89, 96
Assheton, James, 4, 24, 28, 45-46, 80,
88,97
,, John, lit, 186
Asshton, John, 187
,, Nicholas, 161
„ Peter, 43
, , Ralph, 23, 24, 27, 29, 1 86, 1 89
,, William, 23, 24
Astley, Richard, 46, 65
Aston, Edward, 119
Asworth, Robert, 43
Atherton, Henry, 53
„ John, i, 3, 46, 53, 57, 65,
80, 92, 97, 107, 117
John, Sir, 57, 58
Mr., 53, 68
Oliver, 89, 96
Peter, 53, 68
Richard, 52, 81, 88
Thomas, 52
William, 100
Atkinson, Peter, 129
„ Sir Roger, 141
Aymor, Urcila, 241
Aynsworth, George, 30
„ John, 27
Bacon, Nathan, 40
Bagerley, William, 53
Baily, Roger, 205
Baldwin, Richard, 6 1, 63
Ball, John, 226, 227, 238
Ballard, Robert, 108
Bamford, Edward, 43
„ James, 43
Bancks, Gilbert, 52
„ John, 52
„ Ralph, 144, 148
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INDEX OF NAMES.
Banks, Ralph, 78
Bannels, George, 242
Banner, James, 53
John, 78
„ William, 52
Bannester, Christopher, 103, 104
,, Henry, 112
„ Richard, in
„ Thomas, 108
,, Widow, 100
Barker, Edward, 236
,, John, 66
Barkley, Gawin, 92
Barlowe, Alexander, I, 4, 18, 28, 46,
65, 88, 97, 107
,, Edmund, 25
,, Edward, 25
,, James, 26
,, Richard, 26
,, Robert, 25
,, Widow, 25
Barnard, Josiah, 161
Barnes, Randle, 78
Baron, John, 100
,, Widow, 113
Barrington, Sir John, 204
Barrow, Henry, 46, 52, 65
„ John, 73
,, Ralph, 240
,, Richard, 52, 78
Barton, George, 93
„ Henry, 91
,, James, 52
,, John, 91
,, Thomas, 190
,, Widow, 235
,, William, 91
Bates, James, 51
„ Robert, 50
,, William, 74
Bath, Robert, 19
Bavan, Mr., 239
Bavaud, Alice, 244
Bayley, John, 97, 107
Baxter, Edward, 35, 99
,, Thomas, 47
Beck, Thomas, 237
Bee, Stephen, 149, 152
Beesley, Henry, 144, 148
„ Michael, 65, 80
Belfield, John, 26
Bell, William, 75
Bennett, George, 90
,, Philip, 142
,, Richard, 244
,, Thomas, 238
,, William, 240
Benson, Richard, 13
Bent, Ellen, 54
,, Richard, 54
Bentley, Arthur, 26
Bentley, Michael, 27, 41
Berliffe, John, 201
Berwick, Edmund, 125, 132
Beverley, Mr., 250
Bibbie, William, 73
Bickerstaffe, Percival, 94
„ Robert, 89
Bicursteth, Robert, 96
Bimson, Nicholas, 108, in
Bindloss, ffrancis, 145
„ Sir Robert, 122, 125, 149
Birch, Thomas, 26, 46, 65, 88, 96, 97,
107, 117
,, Widow, 42
Birchall, William, 46
Birche,Thomas, I, 3, 4, 18, 28, 43, 45, 80
John, 215
Bircholl, Richard, 50
Bispham, William, 65, 80
Blackborne, Richard, 47, 97, 107
,, Thomas, 48
Blackleach, Richard, 35, 99
Blackledge, Evan, 92
,, James, 89
Blacklowe, Anne, 25
Blackmore, Richard, 80, 88
Blackston, John, 108
Bland, Brian, 118, 124
Blinstone, Widow, 232
Blomeley, Roger, 35
,, Thomas, 19, 28
,, William, 27
Blundall, Nicholas, 194
,, William, 194
Boardman, Thomas, 15, 29
Boare, John, 80
Bold, Mr., 77
Bolton, Edward, 158, 170
Boome, Abraham, 215
Booth, Ann, 6, 14
George, 51
,, Sir, 22, 182, 184, 1 85, 1 87
Henry, 50
Humphrey, 6, 14
John, 50
,, Colonel, 187
Richard, 41
Roger, 25
Bordman, Thomas, 45
Bould, Peter, i, 158
Boulton, Edward, 100
„ Henry, 50
,, Nicholas, 51
,, Thomas, 68, 201
,, William, 144, 148
Boune, Abraham, 221
Bourne, Elizabeth, 259
,, Mary, 259
Bowden, Richard, 63
Bower (or Boare), John, 88
Bowker, John, 114
INDEX OF NAMES.
2/1
Bowling, Hugh, 102
Braddyll, John, 186, 187
Bradley, John, 41
,, John, 41
,, Peter, 34
Bradry, J., 172-174, 176, 184-186-
188, 192, 193, 195, 197,
202, 206, 211-214, 223
Bradshaw, Alexander, 190
James, 59> 62-64
James, 27
John, i, 27, 33, 54
Mr., 128
Roger, 60
Thomas, 19
Braitkwaite, 133, 143
Bray, Nicholas, 147
Breares, John, 34
,, Lawrence, 164
Breerely, James, 43
„ Mr., 14
Brere, Alexander, 91
,, Thomas, 35, 36
,, Thurstan, 100, 113
Brereley, John, 151
Brereton, Mr., 180, 181-183, 185
Bretherton, John, 176
„ Mr., 177-179
,, Richard, 73
,, Widow, 105, 106
,, William, 1 08
Bretter, Nehemiah, 81
Brich, John, 78
,, Thurstan, 78
Briddocke, Thomas, 25
Bridge, Mrs., 248
,, Ralph, 42
Bridgman, Dr., 59
,, Sir Orlando, 24, 31
Brindle, Hugh, 113
,, James, 100, 113
Brindles, Christopher, 35
„ James, 35
Briscoe, Michael, 32
Bristowe, Richard, 236
Bromilow, George, 54
,, Thomas, 54
Bromlowe, Lawrence, 190
Brooke, Ellis, 37
„ John, 142
,, Mr., 201
„ Peter, 30, 189, 191
,, Widow, 30
Broster, Mr., 238, 243
Broughton, Henry, 25
Brown, James, 34
„ Mr., 8
„ Robert, 34
,, Thomas, 29, 45
,, Thurstan, 175
Brownbill, William, 68
Brownelowe, Richard, 35
firownsword, William, 116
Buckley, John, 24
Buerdsall, Richard, 24
Buller, George, 153, 157
Burie, Edmund, 42, 43
Burrows, Ralph, 242
Burscough, Peter, 103
Burton, Richard, 206
,, Widow, 238
Bushell, Set A, 102
Butterworth, Abraham, 43
,, Barnet, 42
,, Jonathan, 43
Buydell, Richard, 54
Byrom, William, 51
Byron, Edmund, 24
,, Sir John, 19, 20
Byrour, Henry, 47
,, William, 47
Caley, Elizabeth, 208
,, James, 208
,, Thomas, 207
Calvely, Sir Hugh, 250
,, Lady, 248, 250
Calvert, John, 128
,, William, 129
Camel ford, Gabriel, 142
Carbery, Earl of, 171
Care, John, 89
Carne, Thomas, 122
Carter, Henry, 93
,, John, 25
,, Lawrence, 30
,, William, 25
Cartmell, John, 149, 152
Cams, Thomas, 130
Castle Lawrence, 1 75
Cawdrey, John, 1 08, 117
Cay ton, Robert, 125, 132
Chadwick, Alexander, 43
Alice, 43
Charles, 43
Edmund, 43
Edward, 26
Elizabeth, 41
John, 26, 43
Jonathan, 26
Lawrence, 43
Richard, 43
Robert, 18, 28
Thomas, 26. 43
Challenor, Thomas, 221
Chamberlaine, Edward, 215, 221, 223
„ Mr., 127, 130
Chambers, Edward, 81, 88
Champney, Francis, 133, 144
Chantrell, John, 232
Charles, Hugh, 94, 1 1 1
Charnock, John, 1 14
,, Robert, 114
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INDEX OF NAMES.
Charnock, Roger, 145
,, Thurstan, 114
,, Widow, 113
Chatterton, Edmund, 4
Cheetham, Adam, 10
„ George, 29, 44
,, Humphrey, 33
,, John, 26
,, Mr., 260
Cheshire, George, 45
Chester, Bishop of, passim
Chew, William, 158, 170
Chisnall, Edward, 101
Cholmondley, Thomas, 218
Chrichlowe, James, 160
Clare, Dr., 82, 83
„ Mrs., 82
Clarkson, Thomas, 149, 152
Clayton, Leonard, 159
,, Thomas, 13
Clearke, Richard, 54
Clegg, James, 26
Clifton, Cuthbert, 153
,, Margaret, 153
,, Mr., 154
,, Thomas, 153, 156, 1 66, 167
Coddington, Edward, 243
Collenge, John, 25
Coltgrave, Reeze, 227, 232
Compton, Margaret, 220
„ Richard, 220
,, 'Sir Henry, 129, 130, 220
Constable, Thomas, 46, 65
Constantine, Robert, 22
Cook, Thomas, 105, 106
Cop, Widow, 102
Core, Francis, 19, 20
Corles, Thomas, 47, 49
,, William, 50, 54
Cort, Edward, 118, 124
Cottam, Elizabeth, 200
,, John, 198
,, Thomas, 198
Cowdknoks, Widow, 236
Cowdocke, Robert, 241
Cowell, Richard, 2OI
Cowley, John, 73
Cowpe, Edward, 43
Henry, 44
Hugh, 114
John, 29
Cowper, George, 43
Mr., 102
Richard, 114
Cowtrell, John, 237
Crichlowe, James, 160
Croft, Henry, 118, 124
,, Nicholas, 52
Crofton, Richard, 35, 99
,, Widow, 99
Croitchlowe, Edward, 114
Croitchlowe, William, 102, 114
Crompton, Adam, 27
,, Henry, Sir, 126, 127
,, James, 27
,, Ralph, 25, 27
,, Thomas, 27
„ Thomas, 58
,, William, 18, 28, 242
Crookt, John, 133
John, 153, 157
Cropp, Robert, 73
Cropper, John, 43, 45
,, Richard, 43
„ Robert, 43
,, Thomas, 43
Crosse, Richard, 80, 88
Crossen, Brian, 237
Crossley, Edward, 18, 28
Croston, Richard, 113
,, Widow, 113
Croughton, William, 233
Croxall, Richard, 72, 173, 174, 176,187,
188, 192, 193, 195, 197,
202, 206, 211, 212, 213,
214
Cryer, Samuel, 175
Cubham, i, 4, 18, 28, 46, 65, 80, 88,
96, 97, 117
Culcheth, John, 50
Currer, Hugh, 196
Dandry, Richard, 117
,, William, 107, 117
Dannell, Elizabeth, 68
Darbishire, Henry, 78
Darcey, Henry, 212
,, James, 212, 213
,, Mr., 212, 213
Darewell, Richard, 240
Davenport, John, 29
,, Margaret, 29
Davie, John, 228, 240
,, Richard, 236
„ William, 153, 157
Dawney, Brian, 118, 124
Day, Richard, 71, 72
Dean, Thomas, 75, 227, 240
Denny, Thomas, 126
Derby, Earl of, 47, 61, 68, 73, 75,
77-90,92,93,109,126,194
,, James, Earl of, 109, 114
,, William, ,, 38, 90
Deson, Robert, 240
Devisse, Richard, 78
Devonshire, William, Earl of, 105, 147
Dewhurst, John, 158, 170, 197, 198
„ Percival, 201
,, Richard, 158, 170
„ Robert, 168
,, Thomas, 201
William, 198
Diccoson, Mr., 134
INDEX OF NAMES.
273
Diccoson, Richard, 220
,, Robert, 100
,, William, 118, 124
Dickenson, Robert, 125, 132
Dickesson, John, 188
,, Richard, 219
Dickson, Richard, 43
Dixon, John, 15
„ Robert, 26
Dobson, Christopher, 133, 143
Dombell, Richard, 194
,, Thomas, 50
Done, Ann, 229, 230, 231, 234
Doming, Jonathan, 54
Downe, Roger, 194
Dreffield, Thomas, 206
,, Ursula, 206
,, William, 206
Drinckall, Mr., 120
Drinckwater, Jo., 183
Dryfield, Mr., 209
Duckinfield, Richard, 93
Dudell, Thomas, 197
Dumbell, Mr., 47
Dunbabin, John, 65, 80
Duncalfe, Jo., 172-174, 176, 187, 192,
193, 195. !97, 202, 206,
211-214
Dunn, William, 89, 90
Durneinge, Richard, 107, 117
Dury, David, 8
Dutton, Edward, 242
„ Mr., 226
,, Richard, 246
Eaton, John, 177, 182
Eccleston, Edward, 52
,, Henry, in
,, Thomas, in
Eckarsell, Thomas, 29, 45
Edger, Gyles, 62
Edmundson, Christopher, 150
Egerton, Mr., 17
,, Peter, 16, 17
„ Philip, 173
,, Sir John, 173, 174
,, Sir Rowland, 173, 174
Ellenson, Robert, 133, 143
Elletson, Mr., 195
Ellison, David, 67
Ellom, Thomas, 74
Elston, Robert, 145
Enescowes, William, 34
Erie, Robert, 54
Fairfax, Lord Thomas, I
Farrington, Richard, 145
,, Robert, 97, 107
fta-wcett, Thomas, 28
Fazakerley, Edward, 80, 88
Mr., 74
Fearnehead, John, 54
Felgate, Mr., 33
Fenton, James, 26
,, John, 43
,, Richard, 43
ffell, Richard, 133, 143
,, Thomas, I
ffetherston, Jane, 221, 222
ffinch, John, 97, 107
,, Robert, III
ffleming, Mr., 134, 136, 140
ffletwooa ', Edward, 154
,, John, 102, 104-106
„ Mariana, 158, 159
,, Sir Paul, 151
f°gg^John, 84
fforshaw, John, 108, 117
fforth, Hugh, 173
,, Mr., 219
fibster, Elizabeth, 233
Hugh, 192
Mr., 124
Richard, 35
Robert, 35, 100
Roger, 30, 189
Widow, 35
William, 34
ffoulkes, John, 235
ffreckleton, Mr., 218
ffrith, John, 114
Fielden, Alexander, 35
Finlow, Thomas, 242
Fisher, James, 1 14
„ John, 129
,, Richard, 8 1
Fitton, Abel, 43
,, Edmund, 23, 25
,, James, 43
Fitzherbert, Anthony, 175
„ John, 174
„ Thomas, 174
Fletcher, John, 234, 241
„ Lawrence, 29, 41, 45
,, Thomas, 30
Fox, Thomas, loo
Frances, Thomas, 34
Fraunce, William, 49
Frith, Widow, 54
Furneis, Mr., 14
,, Tobias, 40
Gale, Thomas, 214
Gamull, Sir Francis, 251
Gandy, Thomas, 54
Gardner, Robert, 133, 143
Garner, William, "j6
Garnett, Widow, 51
Garside, Richard, 10
Gaskall, Thomas, 143
Gaskin, John, 25, 259
,, Lawrence, 24
Gee, Ed-ward, 116, 117
Gerrard, Thomas, 63
Gest, John, 57
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INDEX OF NAMES.
Gibson, John, 141
Gilbertson, John, 89, 96
Gilbody, Robert, 167
,, Thomas, 4, 18
Gilliam, John, 417
Gillibrand, Ralph, 57
Gills, Richard, 66
Girlington, Sir John, 118
Glassier, Thomas, 253
Glegg, Edward, 216
,, William, 216
Glest, Robert, i, 46, 65, 80,
107, 117
Glover, Mr., 255
„ William, 65, 80
Goddart, Myles, 23
Godson, James, 74
Goodens, Mr., 35
Goodshaw, Thomas, 144, 148
Good-wyn, Richard, 30
Goore (or Goard), Thomas, 86
Goose, John, 149, 152
,, Peter, 224, 228, 229, 230, 232
Goosnargh, Mr., 32
Gorold, John, 43
Gorsuch, James, 93
Gorton, Robert, 34
Gosnell, James, 32
Goulden, John, 50
,, William, 99
Gradell, Ann, 108
Grange, James, 52
Greaves, James, 34
Jennet, 68
Richard, 68
Green, Alexander, 35
George, 35
Mrs., 100
Richard, 62
Samuel, 26
Greenhalgh, Gervis, 41
James, 25
John, 15, 37, 41, 44
Raufe, 27
Robert, 41, 74
Widow, 27
William, 29, 37
Greenwood, John, 150
Gregory, Charles, 196
„ John, 44
Grimshaw, William, 41
Grinsdich, Thomas, 228, 247
Gryffyn, Widow, 242
Gryme, John, 44
„ Roger, 44
Hadfield, Ralph, 50
Hadwen, Robert, 118, 124
Haighe, Widow, 32
Haleworth, Thomas, 113
Hall, James, 24, 68
Hallwood, Christopher, 243
Hallywell, James, 18, 28
,, John, in
,, Robert, 107, 117
Halsall, Cuthbert, 91
Richard, 80, 88
,, William, 91, 92
Hamer, John, 43
,, Samuel, 18, 28
,, Thomas, 26
Hancock, John, 230
„ Joseph, 201
,, Mr., 279
Hardman, Geyles, 15
,, Henry, 26
„ James, 25, 26, 43
,, John, 26
„ Lawrence, 26
,, Richard, 41
,, Thomas, 26, 43
Harefoot, George, 54
Harpe, Henry, 239
Harper, Henry, 251
John, 30
Mr., 191
Sir John, 245
Harris, Christopher, 196
,, Mary, 196
,, Mr., 196
Harrison, Jane, 93
,, John, 21, 22
,, jfoieph, 155
Peter, 51
„ Ralph, 49
,, Richard, 108
,, Roger, i^, 148
Harsnett, Bartholomew, 108
Harte, Henry, 29, 45
,, William, 49
Hartley, James, 44
,, John, I, 4, 1 8, 28, 46, 80,
97, 107, 260
Harwood, Ellina, 206
,, John, 170
Haslome, Thomas, 27
Hatton, Richard, 78
Haworth, Charles, 259
„ George, 45
„ Grace, 43
„ James, 26, 41, 43
,, Mr., 196
„ Robert, 43, 45
,, Thomas, 41
Haydock, Geyles, 97, 107
„ Richard, 112
„ Robert, 108
,, Thurstan, 157
Hayhurst, Bradley, 55, 56
Heald, Peter, 24
Heath, Robert, 209
Heaton, Atherton, 34
,, Ralph, 36
INDEX OF NAMES.
275
Heat on, Richard, 25
,, Thomas, 192
Henton, William, 24
Herle, Charles, 46, 49, 50
Heskin, Katherine, 73
Hest, Richard, 118, 124
Hewitson, Richard, 125, 132
Hey, Ellis, 50
„ Samuel, 43
Hey hurst, Edward, 201
„ Henry, 197
„ John, 197
,, Richard, 200, 20 1
Heyricke, Richard, 5, II
Heysham, Geyles, 125, 132
Heywood, Anthony, 24
,, Edmund, 24, 26
,, Edward, 43
. „ John, 15, 26, 30
,, Roger, 43
,, Thomas, 23
Hibbert, Henry, 187
Hickman, Richard, 227
Higginson, John, 149, 152
Higham, Robert, 55
Highfield, Richard, 34
Higson, Robert, 54
Hill, Henry, 91
John, 47
Mr., 91
Thomas, 90
Hilton, Adam, 27
Christopher, 54
Hugh, 25
Mr., 36
Nicholas, 35
Hindley, Christopher, 169
,, Robert, 62
,, Roger, 62
Hitchen, Thomas, 68
Hitchinson, Richard, 43
Hitchmouth, Anne, 70
,, Widow, 194
Hobkin, Christopher, 118
,, Richard, 124
Hodgson, John, 149, 152
,, Thomas, 108
Hodgkinson, Thomas, 100
Hoghton, Sir Richard, 144, 148
Holcroft, Geffrey, 50
„ Sir Thomas, 215
,, Thomas, 215
Holden, Ralph, 38
William, 38
Holknd, John, 81
Ralph, 73
„ Richard, 73
,, Thomas, 16, 32
,, Will'am, in, 261
Hollingworth, Richard, 5, II
Holmes, Anthony, 27
Holmes, Henry, 113, 125, 132
Richard, 27
Widow, 233
William, 42
Ho t, Arthur, 43
Edward, 23, 27, 42, 43
Ellis, 27
Francis, 26
George, 41
Mr., 170
Peter, I, 3, 4, 18, 28, 45, 46, 65,
80, 107
Ralph, 41, 43
Richard, 25, 27, 37, 38, 41
Robert, 42
, Thomas, 29, 43, 45
Homfryson, John, 48
Hope, George, 211, 239
,, Mr., 227, 229
Hopwood, Abraham, 43
,, Henry, 26
„ John, 26
,, Thomas, 43
Home, Thomas, 65
Horrobin, Henry, 78
John, 35
„ Thurstan, 78
Horrocks, James, 24
,, John, 164
Mr., 37, 38
Hough, Bartholomew, 108
„ Ralph, 35
,, Richard, 102
Houghton, Randle, 52
,, William, 73
Houme, Thomas, 80
Howse, Fraunce, 50
Howseman, Edmund, 125, 132
Huggin, Thomas, 81, 128
Hughes, Owen, 240
Hull, George, 152
,, John, 149, 152
Hulme, Oates, 24
,, William, 93
Hulton, James, 43
Richard, 18, 28
Humphrey, Thomas, 231
Hunt, William, 80
Hurlston, Charles, 250
,, Frances, 250
,, John, 250
Hurst, William, 74, 88
Huson, Richard, 144, 148
Hutton, Mr., 229, 231
Hynd, Richard, 47
„ Thomas, 125, 132
Hyot, James, 109, no, 113, 115
Ince, Nicholas, 226, 239, 241
,, Mr., 230, 231
,, Mrs. 241
„ Widow, 238
276
INDEX OF NAMES.
Ince, William, 229, 236, 238
Ingham, Mr., 155
Innman, William, 133, 143
Ireland, George, 65, 80
„ Gilbert, i, 31, 51, 52, 53, 54,
66, 67, 78
John, 240
„ Mr., 195
,, Sir Thomas, 51
Isherwood, Francis, 29, 45
Jackson, George, 4, 18
„ Gilbert, 97, 107
„ Henry, 97, 107
,, James, 93
„ John, 133
,, Mr., 2ii
,, Richard, 122
,, Thomas, 108, 133, 143
Jacques, Elizabeth, 207
John, 207
„ John, 130
,, Sir Roger, 207
,, William, 207
Jamison, Hugh, 235
Jenkinson, Thomas, 108, 117
Jennings, Richard, 78
Jenny, Henry, 127
Jepson, Richard, 34
foanes, Edmund, 13
„ fohn, 13
Johnson, Alexander, 146, 147
„ John, 78, 81, 88
,, Robert, 140
,, Robert, 100
„ Roger, 24
,, Thomas, 35, 100
„ Thomas, 86, 87
Jolly, James, 35
„ Mr., 226, 229, 245
,, Thomas, 168
,, William, 246
Jones, Hugh, 243
,, Samuel, 115
,, William, 241
Kay, Denis, 26
„ Edmund, 24
,, Francis, 26
,, James, 26
„ John, 1 8, 28, 41, 55
,, Martin, 44
„ Neville, 81-84
„ Thomas, 24, 42
„ Widow, 47
,, William, 41, 44
Kehle, Richard, i
Kendrick, Henry, 65, 80
Kenion, Peter, 46, 65
,, Richard, 29, 47
Roger, 165
,, Thomas, 74
Kidd,John, 85, 86
Kidson, Mr., 124
King, John, 170
,, John, 196
,, William, 244
Kir by, Richard, 139
Kirkham, Richard, 149, 152
Kirkman, John, 18, 28
Knipe, Elizabeth, 206
Knott, James, 146
Knowles, Benjamin, 41
Laine (or Loine), Thomas, 68
Laitus, Anthony, 135
Lancaster, Ann, 75
,, Duke of, 44
Langley, James, 101
Mr., 14
,, William, 26, 42
Lappage, Edward, 168
Lapsmith, John, 108
Larking, Edward, 71
Lassells, Bryan, 255
Lathome, Andrew, 39, 40
Mr., 70, 195
„ Paul, 97-99
,, Peter, in
Laurenson, George, 81
Lawson, Thomas, 125, 133
Lawton, Widow, 43
Layton, Thomas, 233
Leach, Alice, 43
,, Peter, 26
,, Robert, 43
,, Widow, 43
Leadbeater, John, 30
,, William, 64
Leake,John, 15, 119
Leather, John, 177
Leaver, Alexander, 189, 191
,, Ralph, 112
„ Robert, 35, 36
,, Thomas, 30
Lees, Henry, 26
„ James, 34
„ John, 23
,, Robert, 34
Leigh, John, 78, 235
,, Mr., 228
„ Mrs., 54
,, Peter, Sir, 49, 119
,, Ralph, 229, 230, 238
„ William, 237
,, William, 50
Lenthall, William, I
Lether, William, 54
Ley, Lawrence, 75
Leyland, Peter, 74
,, Richard, 92
,, Thurstan, 97, 107
Linall, Humphrey, 244
Linford, Holcroft, 51
Linley, Thomas, 66
INDEX OF NAMES.
2/7
Lisle, John, I
Lister, Hugh, 206
Litherland, John, 54
,, Matthew, 54
Livesay, James, 32
John, 89, 96
Peter, 26, 41
Richard, 43
Robert, 41
Thomas, 18, 28
Lloyd, Ann, 252
,, David, 252
,, Edward, 172
,, John, 252
Lockwood, George, 206
Lomax, Edmund, 15
„ Henry, 27
,, James, 41
,, Peter, 41
,, Richard, 41
„ Roger, 41
,, Thomas, 27, 41
Longroe, Henry, 73
Longworth, Christopher, 191
,, George, 191
,, Thomas, 33
Widow, 68
Lord, Arthur, 43
,, James, 43
,, John, 43
,, Widow, 43
Lorkid, Margaret, 236
Lowde, Edward, 158, 170
Lowe, Hamlet, 41
„ James, 47
„ John, 41, 97, 107
,, Matthew, 46
„ Peter, 34, 65
,, Ralph, 97, 107
,, Robert, 97, 107
Lowther, Sir Christopher, 221, 223
Loynsdale, Robert, 4, 18
Lumley, Mr., 150
Lutwich, Stockett, 17
Lynion, Mrs., 241
Lynman, Widow, 239
Lyon, George, 73
,, John, 247, 257, 261
,, Thomas, 46, 65, 73
Maddock, Mr., 238
Mader, John, 25
,, Robert, 25
Maist, Mr., 244
Makand, Rauf, 27
Makin, John, 14
Makond, John, 42
Maler, John, 4, 18
Mallinson, John, 86
Malloroy, Richard, 251
Man, William, 65, 80
Marcer, Henry, 43
Marchden, Mr., 256
Marcroft, John, 26
Mare, William, 80
Markland, Barnaby, 29, 43
Marland, Cabel, 23
Marsden, Robert, 165
Marshall, Margaret, 94
,, Nicholas, 138
,, William, 126
Marshe, Geyles, 38
,, George, 38
,, John, 76
,, Thomas, 80
„ William, 65, 78, 80
Mason, John, 30
,, Thomas, 30
Massey, Sir William, 217
Massie, Dr., 60
,, Isabel, 54
,, Richard, 53, 194
,, William, 216, 217
Mather, Geoffrey, 55
,, Oliver, 100
„ Thomas, 47, 50, 55
Maudesley, Hector, 92
„ Richard, 73, 93
,, Robert, I, 4, 18, 28, 46,65,
80, 88, 97, 117
,, William, 106
Mauley, Elizabeth, 249
„ George, 249
,, Richard, 249
Meadowcroft, Francis, 43
„ John, 27, 41, 43
,, Richard, 26, 27, 29, 41,
43,45
,, Thomas, 41
Means, John, 94
Meek, William, 6
Mells, Mrs., 232
Mercer, Edward, 239
,, Richard, 240
„ Thomas, 75
,, William, 67
Merecott, Mr., 255
Meredith, Edward, 171
Messon, Hemy, 239
Michael, John, 228
Middleton, Sir George, 121
Miller, Thomas, 106
„ William, 66
Millington, Gilbert, 39, 42
Milne, George, 26
,, John, 26
,, Jonathan, 26
Milnes, George, 23
Minshall, Ralph, 241
Molsome, Hugh, 243
Molyneux, Lord, 75, 95
„ Thomas, 66
Moncks, Richard, 34, 54
278
INDEX OF NAMES.
Mond, John, 24
Moon, Alexander, 144, 148
,, John, 144
,, Robert, 144, 148
Moore, John, i
,, ,, Colonel, 95
,, Myles, in
Morecroft, Emanuel, 90
Moreton, Doctor, 85
Mrs., 85, 86
,, Thomas, 206
Morley, Lord, 120, 123, 124, 127
Morres, Henry, 166
Mort, Adam, 57, 58
Moseley, Ann, 258
,, Nicholas, 258
Mosse, John, 80
Munstarr, Henry, 254
Mychall, Robert, 201
Nabb, Rauf, 27
Nailor, Edward, 46
,, Thomas, 65, 80
,, William, 65, 80
Naylor, Edward, 65
,, Widow, 54
Neild, Henry, 4, 18
Nelson, Hugh, 108
Newport, Widow, 239
Newton, , 23
Nickson, Thomas, 144, 148
Nightingale, Hugh, 35, 100
„ Myles, 99
,, Thomas, 100
Norcott, William, 83
Norcrosse, Richard, 201
Norman, Thomas, 48, 49
Norres, Alexander, 31
„ George, 31, 117
„ Mr., 195
,, Robert, 66, 191
Norris, George, 108, 189
,, John, 41
„ Mr., 195
,, Robert, 66, 191
Northus, Widow, 206
Nuttall, James, 43
Ralph, 35
,, Richard, 41
,, Thomas, 29, 41, 45
Oakey, John, 31
Odcrofte, John, 5
Ogden, Richard, 24
,, Thomas, 24
Okell, Thomas, 46
Olliverson, Henry, 93
Orme, Henry, 65, 68, 80
Ormshaw, Gabriel, 93
Orrell, Thomas, 65, 80
Osbaldeston, Richard, 158, 170
,, Thomas, 103, 104
Owen, William, 4, 18
Oxcliffe, Robert, 1 18, 124
Palmer, William, 204
Parker, Ann, 211
,, Edward, 196
,, Giles, 211
,, James, 108, 117
„ John, 133, 143
,, Widow, 114
Parkinson, George, 131
Parr, Edward, 149, 152
,, John, 59
,, Robert, 25
, , Thurstan, 29, 45
,, William, 74
Pateson, William, 153, 157
Patrickson, Anthony, 188
,, Joseph, 1 88
„ Thomas, 1 88
„ William, 188
Patterson, Joseph, 222
Peak, Thurstan, 46, 65
Pearson, John, 107
Pegg, Edward, 175
Peirson, Widow, 183, 184
Pendlebury, Henry, 26, 37
Pennington, Alexander, 108
,, Gilbert, 62
Jeffry, 34
,, Sir John, 141
,, William, 121
Percivall, Roger, 50
Perterson, Peter, 50
Pigott, George, i, 3, 118, 124, 125, 132,
133, 143, 144, 145, 152,
157, 158, 170
Pike, Margaret, 244
,, Thomas, 29
Pilkington, Adam, 4, 18
,, Edward, 97, 107
,, Hugh, 100
Mr., 35
Pincock, John, 97, 107
„ Roger, 97, 107
Platt, Humphrey, 65
,, Ralph, 25
Plombe, Thomas, 80
Plumb, Thomas, 65
Plyme, Widow, 242
Pollard, Richard, 75
Pollett, John, 21
,, Thomas, 25
Pool, John, 194
„ Mr., 217, 238
Pope, Richard, 35, 99
Porter, Mr., 14
,, Thomas, 155
Postlethwaite, Thomas, 133, 143
Potter, William, 75
Potts, Edward, 73
Prescott, Henry, 73
Preston, Christopher, 193
INDEX OF NAMES.
279
Preston, George, 193
„ John, 134
» .. Sir, 136
,, Mr., 141, 142
,, Thomas, 193
Prideaux, Edmond, i
Prier, William, 68
Probye, Randle, 233
Pye, Thomas, 80, 88
Quarles, Charles, 247, 257, 261
Radcliffe, Alexander, Sir, 258
,, Mary, 30
Robert, 158
Radley, William, 99
Raines, Canon, 85
Rainford, George, 73
„ Roger, 35
Ramsbottam, James, 45
,, John, 41
Raphson, Oliver, 50
Ratcliffe, Christopher, 223
,, Ralph, 197
Rawling, William, 205
Rawlinson, Robert, 133, 143
„ William, 4, 18
Rawsthorne, Richard, 30
Read, George, 201
,, James, 201
Redferne, Gabriel, 26
,, Martha, 26
,, Thomas, 26
Reede, George, 206
,, John, 206
Renford, John, 27
Rew, Ann, 240
Ribchester, William, 201
Richards, Widow, 51
Richardson, Edward, 260
,, Thomas, 50
,, Widow, 203
Rigby, Alexander, 151
,, Baron, 145, 150
,, James, 167
,, Joseph, Colonel, 34
,, Thomas, 136
Rivington, Thomas, 35, 100
Roads, Abel, 25
Robbins, Morris, 172
Roberts, Edward, 237
,, Elizabeth, 241
Robinson, Edward, 228
George, 241
James, 108
John, 46, 65
Thomas, 227, 235
William, 18, 153, 157, 236
Robson, William, 206
Rockley, Ann, 208
Rooes, Widow, 242
Rookelcy, , 194
Roscoe, Peter, 38
Rothwell, James, 30
,, Roger, 34, 38, loo
,, Thomas, 34, 46, 65
,, William, 34, 38, 100
Roule, Ann, 150
,, Richard, 141
Rowe, James, 4, 18
Rowlynson, Widow, 176
Roydes, Robert, 20, 26
Royle, James, 4, 18
Rudall, George, 100
Russell, Edward, 250
,, Elizabeth, 250
,, Ellen, 250
Rycroft, Ellis, 35
„ Roger, 34
Ryding, Henry, 102, 114
,, Roger, 108
,, Thomas, 68
Rydsdale, Mark, 205
Rylie, James, 153, 157
Saiers, John, 244
Salkill, Thomas, 188, 221, 222
Salthus, Richard, 157
Sanders, Widow, 180
Sanderson, Edmund, 27
,, James, 27
Sandifforth, Jo., 28
Sawrie, John, 1,3,118,124,125,132,133,
143,144,149,152,157,158,170
Saxsmith, Mr., 78
Scales, James, 203
Scaresbricke, Thomas, 89, 96
Scholefield, James, 26, 30
John, 26
Jonathan, 42
Richard, 18, 28, 43
Robert, 43
Scholes, James, 24
John, 24
Richard, 24
Robert, 18, 28
Schoolcroft, James, 127
Scoles, Abraham, 43
,, Samuel, 43
Scolfield, Richard, 28
Scott, Myles, 52
Scroope, John, 214
„ Lord Thomas, 214
,, Mr., 214
Seddon, Henry, 29, 45
„ Ralph, 15, 42
„ Robert, 95
„ Thomas, 8 1
,, William, 105
Seed, Edward, 200
„ Hugh, 197
,, John, 200
Shakerley, Mr., 59
Sharpies, George, 153, 157
Jeffry, 201
2 SO
INDEX OF NAMES.
Sharpies, John, 30
„ Ralph, 30
,, Richard, 30, 107, 117, 192
Sharroks, James, 53
Shaw, Thomas, 134
Shawe, Adam, 46, 65
Goorge, 35, 50
Matthew, 50
Peter, 35
Robert, 36
Samuel, 43
Widow, 35
Shellington, Widow, 236, 241
Shepperd, James, 18, 26, 28
Sherborne, John, 145, 197, 198
Mr., 155
,, Richard, 156, 198
Sherdley, James, 107, 117
Sherrington, Mr., 58
Shuttleworth, Nicholas, 147
,, Richard, 1, 1 18, 125, 132,
144, 149, 152
Silcocke, Henry, 149, 152
Siddall, Henry, 30
Simpson, Thomas, 113
Skellitton, Robert, 235
Slater, Henry, 51
,, Mr., 241
Smethurst, Francis, 25
James, 25
Oliver, 25
Ralph, 42
Richard, 43
Richard, 160
Thomas, 25, 41
Smith, Ellen, 54
George, 184, 1 86, 215, 221, 223
Henry, 35
James, 153, 157
James, 57
John, 123
John, 27, 41, 118, 124
Nicholas, 120
Ralph, 25, 79
Robert, 108, 117
Sir Thomas, 227, 244
Timothy, 79
Thomas, 129
William, 130
Smyth, John, 43, 49
„ Thomas, 29, 45
Sompner, Richard, 89, 96
Sorocold, Thomas, 4, 1 8
,, Widow, 50
,, William, 46, 65
Soundiforth, Edward, 18, 28
,, John, 19, 23, 28
Southworth, Hugh, no
,, John, 51
,, Nicholas, in
„ Richard, 153
Sowerbutt, Arthur, 20 1
Spakeman, Richard, 51
,, William, 51
Sparke, Robert, 242
Spencer, George, 93
„ Robert, 108
Stainton, James, 133, 143
Staire, Henry, 118, 124
Standish, Mr., 35, 54, 98
,, Richard, I, 4, 18, 28, 45, 46,
65, 80, 88, 96, 97, 104, 107
Stanley, Ferdinand, 26, 42
,, John, 221, 222
,, Mr., 228
,, Sir Thomas, 90
,, William, 216
Stappleton, John, 219
,, Sir Philip, 205
Starkie, John, 44, 118, 125, 132, 149,
152, 157, 158
,, Leonard, 75
,, Nicholas, 59
Stillington, John, 212
Stocks, William, 43
Stones, Andrew, no, 115
„ Thomas, no, 115
,, William, 33
Stopford, Thomas, 14
Stopforth, John, 112
Strange, Lord James, 109
Streete, John, 25
Strickland, John, 106
Stringfellow, James, 52
„ John, 52
„ William, 52, 75
Stott, Charles, 43
,, George, 20
,, James, 20
Such, Henry, 93
Sunderland, Countess of, 214
Sutton, Henry, 75
,, James, 25
Swanne, John, 144, 148
Swarbrick, John, 153, 157
Swifte, Evan, 89, 96
Swindelhurst, Richard, 196
,, Robert, 196
,, Thomas, 196
Sykes, William, 205
Syll, Mr., 127
Symkinson, Henry, 118, 124
Symms, Widow, 35, 100
Symon, Richard, 25
,, Robert, 23
Tailor, Andrew, 73
,, Henry, 54
Talbot, John, 118
Tapping, Mr., 179
,, William, 46, 65
Tarbocke, John, 74
Tarbucke, Anne, 74
INDEX OF NAMES.
28l
Tarleton, Edward, 67
,, Thomas, 67
Tarnot, Thomas, 41
Tatlock, Ralph, 89, 96
Taylor, Edward, 35, 144, 148
Galbriel, 25
George, 25, 34
James, 24, 25
John, 114
Robert, 18, 28
Seth, 100
Thomas, 24
Thurstan, 35, 99
Thornley, Robert, 242
Thornton, William, 108, 125, 132
Though ton, Robert, 125, 132
Ticknell, Robert, 50
Tildesley, John, 37
Mr., 58
,, Sir Thomas, 57, 150, 154
Tipping, Mr., 178, 184
Toluson, John, 158
Tomblinson, Richatd, 137
Tompson, James, 153, 157
Joseph, 85
,, Richard, 107, 117, 206
Tonge, George, 27
,, Jonathan, 27
,, Robert, 27
Toppinge, Thomas, 26, 41
Touluson, George, I, 118, 125, 133,
144, 149
Townson, Captain Clement, 196
Trafford, Sir Edmund, 5
,, Edmund, 259
,, Sir Cecil, 5, 259
,, Henry, 244
Traves, Agnes, 56
,, John, 74
Travers, Dorothy, 40, 41, 42, 44
,, Peter, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44
Travice, Thomas, 52
Travis, Mrs., 86, 87
„ Peter, 86
Tunstall, John, 73
Turner, Brian, 205
,, James, 205
,, Nicholas, 34
,, Richard, 34
,, Robert, 80, 88
Tyrer, Leonard, 74
,, Robert, 73
Unsworth, James, 27, 41
Urmston, Richard, 55-59
Vandred, Robert, 244
Vaughan, John, 171
,, Sir John, 171
,, ft 'ic hard, 254
,, Richard, 171
Vause, John, 35, 65, 76, 80
,, Robert, 80
Vause, Thomas, 66
Vose, Robert, 80
Wadsworth, William, 15
Wainewright, Edward, 67
,, Hugh, 67, in
,, Thomas, 75, 89
,, William, 67
Walker, James, 30
John, 6, 7, 139
Lawrence, u8, 124
Peter, 30
Richard, 30
Richard, 121
Roger, 30
William, 5, 105, 163
Wallan, John, 108, 117
,, Mr., 140
Walmersley, Mr., 36
Walmisley, William, 158, 170
Walsh, Mr., 113
Walton, James, 9, 10, 234
,, John, 82, 83
Walwork, Edward, 260
Walworth, Edmund, 15
John, 8l
Nathan, 15
Warburton, Elizabeth, 41
Francis, 44
Gilbert, 78
John, 44
Mr., 226
Peter, 215
Ward, William, 8 1, 83, 131, 158, 170
Warden, Alice, 244
Wardle, James, 25
Wardleworth, James, 26
,, William, 43
Wardnes, Colonel, 232
Waring, Henry, 113
,, Thomas, 102
Watkinson, William, 89
Webb, William, 172, 174, 184, 197,
202, 207, 208, 212, 213
Webster, Henry, 74
„ Hugh, 73
,, Robert, 129
Welch, Henry, 113
,, John, 113
,, Widow, 242
Wells, John, 214
Welshman, John, 242
,, Peter, 238
,, Thomas, 227
,, William, 226, 237
Werden, Mr., 228
,, Widow, 106
West, William, I, 118, 174, 125, 133,
158, 170
Westmore, Thomcs, 125, 132
Westhead, Richard, 71, 89, 96
Wetherby, Anthony, 80, 88
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INDEX OF NAMES.
Whalley, James, 158, 170
,, ' Peniston, 153
White, John, 68
,, Peter, 157
,, Robert, 147
Whitefield, Ralph, 81
,, Richard, 60
Whitelock, Bulstock, I
Whiteside, Richard, 157, 157
,, Thomas, 153, 157
Whittle, Adam, 27
,, Andrew, 116
Whittlow, Robert, 75
Whitticar, Abel, 43
Whitworth, John, 184, 1 86, 215, 221,
223, 247, 258, 261
,, William, 25
Whitehead, Richard, 41
,, Thomas, 131
,, Thomas, 29, 45
Whittaker, George, 165
Whittingham, Thomas, I, 3, 118, 124,
125, 132, 133, 144, 149,
153. 157, 158, 170
Widowes, John, 47
Wigan,John, 13
,, Richard, 108
Wighburgh, Mr., 221
Wilbraham, Sir Thomas, 254
Wild, Edmund, 23
„ Henry, 25
,, Joseph, 23
,, Robert, 25
,, William, 23
Wildbore, Dr., 150
Wilding, Henry, 153, 157
,, Peter, 108
Wilkinson, Ellen, 242
,, Geffrey, 52
„ Henry, 149, 152
„ John, 125
„ William, 96, 205
Williams, John, 234
,, Nicholas, 234
„ Richard, 227, 228, 234, 237
,, Thomas, 233
Williamson, Henry, 93
,, Richard, 243
„ ' Robert, 68
Williamson, William, 61
Willoughby, Mr., 214
,, William, 214
Wilmesley, George, 174, 175, 219
Wilson, Edward, 118
„ William, 81, 88
Wintringham, George, 205
Wirral, Mr., 180, 181, 185
Wisewall, John, 194
Withington, Robert, 90, 96
,, William, 89
Wolfenden, John, 43
Wollaston, Sir John, 215
Wood, Edmund, 200
Francis, 4
Jeremy, 158, 170
John, 32, 114, 148
Thomas, 41, 144
William, 27, 54, 73
Woodcock, James, 104
,, Richard, 103, 107, 117
Woodes, James, 48
Woods, Gilbert, 52
Woolmer, Edward, 17
Woolstonholme, John, 26
,, Richard, 43
Woosie, Nicholas, 89, 96
Worrall, James, 94
Worsley, Ralph, 4, 18
,, Thomas, 52
Worthington, Joseph, 35, 100
Ralph, 34, 97, 107
,, Robert, 92
,, Thomas, 108
Wrenall, William, 14
Wright, James, 54
John, 63
John, 52, 239, 244
Lawrence, 23
Mr., 175
William, 23
Wrightington, Sir Edward, 90, 144
Wrigley, James, 43
„ John, 24, 43
Wryde, Peter, 206
Wyburgh, Mr., 222
Yate, Edward, 89, 99
Yates, Robert, 51
„ William, 46, 65
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